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In Theaters Now
- 2024
- PG-13
- Focus Features
- 1 h 41 m
- 2024
- PG-13
- Focus Features
- 1 h 41 m
Summary A coming of RAGE love story from acclaimed writer Diablo Cody (Jennifer’s Body) about a misunderstood teenager and her high school crush, who happens to be a handsome corpse. After a set of playfully horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a murderous journey to find love, happiness… and a few missing body parts ...
Directed By: Zelda Williams
Written By: Diablo Cody
In Theaters Now
- 2024
- PG-13
- Focus Features
- 1 h 41 m
- 2024
- PG-13
- Focus Features
- 1 h 41 m
Lisa Frankenstein
47
5.3
Where to Watch
Summary A coming of RAGE love story from acclaimed writer Diablo Cody (Jennifer’s Body) about a misunderstood teenager and her high school crush, who happens to be a handsome corpse. After a set of playfully horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a murderous journey to find love, happiness… and a few missing body parts ...
Directed By: Zelda Williams
Written By: Diablo Cody
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 43 Critic Reviews
47
35% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
51% Mixed
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
14% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 43 Critic Reviews
47
35% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
51% Mixed
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
14% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
And that’s perhaps the most amazing thing about Lisa Frankenstein: its instant timelessness. Sure, it may be a pastiche, or a love letter to previous eras, or any other euphemism for cinematic recycling, but that doesn’t prevent it from being just as much a singular creation as any of its forebears, sidestepping derivative rehashing in favor of an original take on teen angst that isn’t bound by its homage.
It’s an impressive feat of comedic acrobatics to make a movie in this mold that creates a version of this madness that we can justify, relate to, become disgusted with, and ultimately love.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 66 User Ratings
5.3
44% Positive
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
27% Mixed
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
29% Negative
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 66 User Ratings
5.3
44% Positive
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
27% Mixed
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
29% Negative
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
Amazing film, literal art. If you want a linear, structured narrative like you're living in the 90s, this might not be satisfactory. If you're living in 2024 with the rest of us, this will scratch itches you didn't even know you had.
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Even as the film revels in violent, necrophiliac delights, the dialogue keeps everything grounded with its humor.
Not a bad idea — and one that already worked out pretty well for John Hughes’ “Weird Science” in 1985. But here it’s a single-joke skit that’s too self-aware to be distinctively funny, freaky or thrilling.
Newton, Sprouse and the delightful Soberano are all more appealing than the sloppy package and undercooked characters deserve.
The only time sparks fly are when that restorative tanning bed crackles and sputters.
This is pure lazy storytelling, like thinking that just showing us a clip of Bob Ross painting is somehow uproariously funny.
Super fun, wacky coming of rage movie. Excellent acting, great soundtrack, brilliant visuals and heartfelt. Well worth a watch.
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This movie was cute, but it wasn't something I'd call particularly scary. It is kind of gory and there are some very suggestive scenes in it as well but it's a fun horror dramedy with some moments of levity that my teenage son and adult daughter both enjoyed. This isn't a Disney level horror like Halloweentown but not quite as adulterated as something like Jennifer's Body or even scarier and darker movies such as Evil Dead but it's a good movie for people who like somewhat gory horror that can be enjoyed by many audiences. I think the rating of PG-13 is accurate here because it is a bit much for kids in elementary school but it was still an enjoyable movie that reminded me a bit of the 90s film, 'My Boyfriend's Back' or 2013's 'Warm Bodies' and people who liked those, 'Shaun of the Dead,' and other types of films would likely enjoy Lisa ****'s nice to know it does fall into the Jennifer's Body Universe - though Id like to know more about that tie-in and also to see Zelda Williams; Robin William's daughter in her directorial debut, as well.
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Love the aesthetic and Newton is perfect in the lead role. But there is a disconnect between the humor and relatability of the character when they start murdering people every other scene, especially once it shifts to completely innocent victims.
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Diablo Cody is known for writing off-the-wall screenplays and this one certainly qualifies. Kathryn Newton plays a frustrated teen (is there any other kind?) who's obsessed with gravestones. One stormy night her favorite deceased obsession comes alive in the form of a crud-covered man (Cole Sprouse). Thus begins their disjointed love story that also involves collecting body parts to make him whole. This "comedy" has Not. One. Laugh. Newton is OK as the troubled teen, while the grunts from Sprouse add nothing. Zelda Williams has added no suspense, surprises or clever directorial touches, but at least she kept the energy up and the running time short. Even with the twisted variation on the classic monster, the outcome is essentially lifeless.NOTE: In the final scene Williams put the creature in rainbow suspenders as a reference to her dad's Mork & Mindy look.
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Filled with cliches and many predictable moments, Lisa Frankenstein is a poorly written mess that struggles greatly with indecisiveness. It simply can not decide what genre is whats to be. Instead, Diablo Cody dips her toes into horror and comedy and neither one works.
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