Dr. Frankenstein's obsessive interest in raising the dead causes him to piece together a perfect man and give him life, unfortunately his creation isn't so perfect, or are the real flaws in the Doctor himself? Anyway, the monster learns, thinks, kicks ass and most of all: hates. And he'll hunt his creator to the ends of the earth.

I really enjoy this movie, I've watched it several times and always like it. DeNiro is excellant, the monster is perfect. The best part is when he jumps over the ice, there really should have been more jumping.

My complaint is the same complaint I have about all versions of Frankenstein. The doctor is obsessed, he sacrifices and takes huge risks to create this creature - then within two minutes of bringing it to life decides he hates it. This is not realistic, it's not even realistic's distant cousin twice removed, it's just stupid.

The doctor made the creature, he knew what it was going to look like unless he stitched up the face while blindfolded. Did he think it would come to life and be prettier than how he made it? Stupid.

Instead the monster has trouble standing up in the embrionic fluid (as does the doctor) so doc decides after years of work that it's a complete failure and scraps the whole plan and would never give it another thought if the monster didn't show up later.

Had the writer had any concept of human behavior the doctor would have tried and tried to convince himself it was a success even if it wasn't. It was a success and instead he convinces himself the opposite, stupid.

But hey, Frankenstein was the first horror novel ever written, so I make some allowances. The movie is great, we feel great sympathy for the monster. I'm always on the monster's side, but I like that this version is made that way.

As I said, Robert Deniro was excellant, he studied stroke victims to get an idea about how speech is relearned. The term "monster" was banned from the set, he was referred (as in the credits) as "the sharp-featured man."

9 out of 10 really disturbing brides