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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Entertainment WeeklyClark CollisEntertainment WeeklyClark CollisTo be fair, Eckhart is physically impressive and Bill Nighy and his raised eyebrow do their best in the role of demon leader Naberius. But I, Frankenstein shares something else with it's monster-hero, something much worse than its patchwork nature: The film is distinctly lacking in the soul department.
- 50The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyIf the film is made with the understanding that campiness needs to be straight-faced to be funny, then are its “unintentional” laughs really that unintentional?
- 40New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanAt the very least, it does provide an easy excuse to sit in a heated room eating popcorn.
- 38ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliSadly, as apt as comparisons to "Underworld" might seem, I, Frankenstein can't even clear that very low bar.
- 30Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlIt doesn't come close to working, but it's sweet that they tried.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckDirector/screenwriter Stuart Beattie, adapting the graphic novel by Kevin Grevioux, employs a strictly humorless, gothic approach to the material that makes one long for the satirical touches of James Whale, let alone Mel Brooks.
- 30New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinEckhart plays Frankenstein’s monster in a monotonous, teeth-gritting mode, as if someone had one gun on him and another on his family.
- 25McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreThe humorless, generic, and chatty Frankenstein served up here makes you wonder if the good doctor, in all his patching-together of parts, didn’t forget the brains.
- A grievously ill-advised motion picture on every level.
- 10VarietyAndrew BarkerVarietyAndrew BarkerUtterly witless, listless, sparkless and senseless, this supernatural actioner makes one long for the comparative sophistication of the conceptually identical “Underworld” franchise (with which it shares producers and a writer).