| 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 |