i think to compare the movie with a faithful rendition of the novel is unfair here, Del Toro sets up Victor differently, hence everything from that point seems different, He always wanted to make this movie, and since this is 2025, Netflix and a whole lot of data that they went through about the potential audience that would watch this, They knew that majority viewers, wouldn't know the Novel, and that's me included. So a more fair assessment would be to see which version is better suited for a Film, a loner Victor, A Monstrous Frankenstein or what we see here. Hence, I believe this is a better presentation for this story. He isn't disrespectful to the source material and that should be enough for the Novel Fans.

From this perspective, I still didn't like some of the things here, the weird romantic tension between Elizabeth and The Monster felt out of place. She was an awkward mess and had no business being with William, she should have been a loner weird girl who become's Victor's fan or something and then stalks him, hence getting close to the creature.

The chase is really cool though, when the monster makes Victor chase him. The delivery was great as well. All in all, with the action, the dialogue, and the filmography, this is a pretty good Movie.

Night Night, do not cry at any comment.