Mary Shelley
IFC Films | Release Date: May 25, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
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Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
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20
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3
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80
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah Young
Mary Shelley is a luscious-looking spectacle, drenched in the colors and visceral sensations of nature, the sensuality of young lovers, the passionate disappointment of loss and betrayal. But above all it is a film about ideas that breaks out of the well-worn mold of period drama (partly, anyway) by reaching deeply into the mind of the extraordinary woman who wrote the Gothic evergreen Frankenstein. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy BurrMay 30, 2018
If Mary Shelley disappoints, it’s only because al-Mansour sticks to the tried and true bones of the bio-pic genre and plays it stylistically safe. Maybe the filmmaker hopes to prove her skill with a big-budget period piece; if so, she easily succeeds. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 22, 2018
Mary Shelley is in essence “Becoming Frankenstein,” the story of how a British teen had the education, talent, life experience and literary ambitions thanks to the salon she was a part of, to create one of the seminal novels in the history of horror. Read full review
70
The New York TimesA.O. ScottMay 24, 2018
This account is plausible and moving, at once a defense of genre fiction and of female creativity. But at times the differences between male and female writers can seem a bit schematic, in a way that undermines Mary’s intellectual autonomy. Read full review
70
Screen DailyAllan Hunter
Mary Shelley is ultimately the story of a woman finding her own voice and asserting her independence and that will be the heart of its appeal. Read full review
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