James McAvoy’s acting is wildly excessive and Daniel Radcliffe’s clowning doctor outrageously implausible,but this horror reboot is strangely divertingThis fantastically foolish but enjoyable horror reboot is a cavalcade of prancing steampunk silliness and muttonchop-whiskered overacting – and none the worse for that. It has been grumpily received by some critics but I found it diverting. The big idea is that Dr Frankenstein’s hunched sidekick Igor gets co-lead status and a bit of bromantic chemistry with the tormented hero himself. (Actually, Igor has already been promoted in a 2008 animation called Igor.) There is a wildly excessive, or eyeball-swivelling performance from James McAvoy as the driven scientist himself: grinning,gurning and screeching at how visionary and misunderstood he is. Frankenstein rescues a misshapen clown (played by Daniel Radcliffe) from a circus – a clown who with outrageous implausibility is an amateur doctor with a collection of medical textbooks. Huh? Frankenstein takes him back to his chambers and smartly lances the destitute fellow’s hump, removing the buildup of pus by actually siphoning it out like petrol – and this young man turns out to be a hottie. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com