Gods and Monsters Reviews

Gods and Monsters Review
by Luke Buckmaster
GODS AND MONSTERS Cast: Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lolita Davidovich Director: Bill Condon Screenplay: Bill Condon based on the novel Father of Frankenstein by Christopher Bram Reviewed by Luke Buckmaster more

Gods and Monsters Review
by Eugene Novikov
Not too many people know who James Whale is, but it's a safe bet that a good chunk of them have seen his movies. If we are to believe the semi- biographical Gods and Monsters, Whale would have wanted it to be that way. This is an insightful, haunting...more

Gods and Monsters Review
by John Sylva
Director Bill Condon delivers this brilliant look into one of the world's most famous motion picture directors, the director of Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein, James Whale. Gods and Monsters is about this interesting man in the last years of...more

Gods and Monsters Review
by Kleszczewski, Nicholas
Ah yes, the little movie that could. No doubt that more than a few heads were shaking the night of the Academy Awards when the Best Adapted Screenplay trophy had "Gods and Monsters" written on it. What the heck is this film, and why is Brendan Fraser...more

Gods and Monsters Review
by Dennis Schwartz
GODS AND MONSTERS (director:Bill Condon; cast: (James Whale) Ian McKellen, (Clayton Boone) Brendan Fraser, (Whale's housekeeper, Hanna) Lynn Redgrave, (Boone's girlfriend, Betty) Lolita Davidovich, (David Lewis) David Dukes, (Mr. Kay) Jack Plotinick,...more

Gods and Monsters Review
by Ken Pierce
This film is about the last few weeks of director James Whale’s life (Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Showboat). It delves very deeply into his personal life and his past, showing his day to day routine after a stroke has destroyed a portion of his...more

Gods and Monsters Review
by Edwin Jahiel
GODS AND MONSTERS (1998) *** 1/2 Directed, written by Bill Condon, based on the novel "Father of Frankenstein" by Christopher Bram. Photography, Stephen M. Katz. Editing, Virginia Katz. Production design, Richard Sherman. Music, Carter Burwell....more

Gods and Monsters Review
by Matt Prigge
Director: Bill Condon Writer: Bill Condon (based on the novel "Father of Frankenstein" by Christopher Bram) Starring: Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lolita Davidovich, David Dukes, Kevin J. O'Connor, Mark Kiely, Jack Plotnick, Rosalind...more

Gods and Monsters Review
by Nathaniel R. Atcheson
Director: Bill Condon Cast: Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lolita Davidovich, Kevin J. O'Connor Screenplay: Bill Condon Producers: Paul Colichman, Gregg Fienberg, Mark R. Harris Runtime: 105 min. US Distribution: Lions Gate Films Rated R:...more

Gods and Monsters Review
by Dustin Putman
Directed by Bill Condon. Cast: Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lolita Davidovich. 1998 - 106 minutes. Rated R (for profanity, brief nudity, and sexual situations). Reviewed January 8, 1999. more

Gods and Monsters Review
by Walter Frith
What's extraordinary about 'Gods and Monsters' is not just the fact that it's about a director responsible in many ways for setting the stage in the way horror films would be made for decades to come but the dark side of them that filtered into his...more
Gods and Monsters Review
by Scott Renshaw
GODS AND MONSTERS (Lions Gate) Starring: Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave. Screenplay: Bill Condon, based on the book "Father of Frankenstein" by Christopher Pram. Producers: Paul Colichman, Gregg Fienberg and Mark R. Harris. Director:...more
Gods and Monsters Review
by Christopher Null
. GODS AND MONSTERS A film review by Christopher Null Copyright 1998 Christopher Null more
Gods and Monsters Review
by Seth Bookey
"You must please excuse me. You see, I'm blind," says the old man to the monster--the noble, misunderstood, and murderous creature cobbled together by Dr. Frankenstein. And so a pure but brief friendship ensues in The Bride of Frankenstein. more
Gods and Monsters Review
by Steve Rhodes
James "Jimmy" Whale, once appropriately given the sobriquet of "the father of horror," launched the monster movie craze in the early 1930s with FRANKENSTEIN, THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, and THE INVISIBLE MAN. GOD AND MONSTERS, set in the 1950s, tells the...more
Gods and Monsters Review
by David N. Butterworth
Being pulled from his north of England boarding school and forced to work in a factory to support his family; watching his best friend die before his eyes, hung like a side of mutton on a barbed wire fence during a Great War skirmish; interred in a...more