Frankenstein’s monster is not supposed to be handsome, at least not in the traditional version.<\/p>\n
However, Euphoria<\/em> actor Jacob Elordi is changing that, and some critics are gushing about the result as the first reviews flow in for Guillermo del Toro’s new Netflix movie, Frankenstein.<\/em><\/p>\n Not every reviewer thinks it makes sense to redefine the monster as “ridiculously good-looking,” though, in the words of BBC.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n COMPLEX SHOP:<\/b> Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what’s next. Buy. Collect. Obsess.<\/a><\/p>\n Pan’s Labyrinth<\/em> director del Toro’s choice to make the monster “hunky” results in a “muddled film,” that reviewer declared, sniping, “His Frankenstein’s monster is just too handsome.” According to BBC<\/em>, the del Toro movie premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Aug. 30.<\/p>\n “I had a vision. An idea took shape in my mind. Inevitable. Unavoidable. And then it became truth,” the narrator says in the teaser trailer<\/a> that dropped on YouTube. “In seeking life, I created death.”<\/p>\n But other critics like del Toro’s adaptation of the iconic Mary Shelley novel.<\/p>\n “One of del Toro\u2019s finest, this is epic-scale storytelling of uncommon beauty, feeling and artistry,” wrote David Rooney in The Hollywood Reporter.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n The Guardian’s <\/em>critic<\/a> agreed that Elordi has a different look than past Frankenstein monsters, calling him a “bit of a hottie” despite the “prosthetic scars.” The reviewer, Peter Bradshaw, called the movie a “stately melodrama.”<\/p>\n Oscar Isaac plays Victor Frankenstein in the film. Both he and Elordi earned a 13-minute standing ovation for Frankenstein<\/em> in Venice, according to Variety.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n IndieWire’<\/em>s reviewer<\/a> called the movie “a big, juicy, glossy, expensive mounting of the Mary Shelley classic novel for Netflix.”<\/p>\n Del Toro opened up about his fascination with the creature in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum<\/em> site.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve lived with Mary Shelley\u2019s creation all my life,\u201d del Toro told Tudum<\/em>. \u201cFor me, it\u2019s the Bible. But I wanted to make it my own, to sing it back in a different key with a different emotion.\u201d<\/p>\n The movie premieres on Nov. 7 on Netflix.<\/p>\n According to Tudum<\/em>, the movie poses the question, “Who is the real monster?”<\/p>\n \u201cMary Shelley\u2019s masterpiece is rife with questions that burn brightly in my soul: existential, tender, savage, doomed questions that only burn in a young mind and only adults and institutions believe they\u00a0can answer,\u201d del Toro explained. \u201cFor me, only monsters hold the secrets I long for.\u201d<\/p>\n The movie has a<\/a> 77% critical score on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, although the site wrote that Elordi “steals the show.”<\/p>\n <\/a> Labyrinth LP<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n uDiscover Music<\/span> Labyrinth LP<\/span> $21.98<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n ,<\/p>\n <\/a> Lord Huron, Music for The Starling Girl (Score & Music from the Original Motion Picture) LP<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Republic Records Official Store<\/span> Lord Huron, Music for The Starling Girl (Score & Music from the Original Motion Picture) LP<\/span> $32.99<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n ,<\/p>\n <\/a> Victim of Love LP<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n uDiscover Music<\/span> Victim of Love LP<\/span> $29.99<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n ,<\/p>\n <\/a> Eli Roth’s Red Light Disco 2LP + 7<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n uDiscover Music<\/span> Eli Roth’s Red Light Disco 2LP + 7″ Deluxe Edition<\/span> $72.98<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a> Jacob Elordi Shocks Fans in First Glimpse as Frankenstein’s Monster<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n ,<\/p>\n <\/a> Jacob Elordi Ate Poutine In Canada To Accurately Portray Older Elvis In ‘Priscilla’<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n ,<\/p>\n <\/a> From Bottega to Fendi and Chanel: Jacob Elordi\u2019s Bag Collection, Ranked<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Blake Lively Didn’t Reach Out to Taylor Swift Following Her Engagement, Inside Source Reveals<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Alan Ritchson Has ‘Exchanged’ Words With James Gunn About Being DCU’s Next Batman<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\nRelated Products<\/h3>\n
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