"She informs viewers about the unintentionally tame nature of her original book, the grotesque version of Frankenstein she dreamt up, and the desires behind the sequel we're about to watch. -"A ghost story, a horror story, or, most frighteningly, a love story," as Shelley describes it-is the Frankenstein she wanted to write but didn't get to."
"Shelley finds a way to kill Ida and reanimate her from the grave, infusing her new muse "Penny" with a brilliant, vile, vigorous, take-no-prisoners attitude that Frankenstein never had."
"He's a gentle, tender-loving man obsessed with Golden Age Hollywood musicals and suffocated by the loneliness he's endured for 117 years as a monster walking the Earth, who looks much more horrific than Guillermo del Toro's steely blue Elordi rendition."
Writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal's film opens with Mary Shelley in purgatory, revealing the grotesque version of Frankenstein she originally envisioned but never wrote. Shelley reawakens in the afterlife and discovers Ida, a dissatisfied woman in 1936 Chicago constrained by societal limitations. Shelley kills Ida and reanimates her as Penny, infusing her with a brilliant, defiant attitude. Meanwhile, Frankenstein's Monster, Frank, is a gentle, lonely man obsessed with Golden Age Hollywood musicals who has endured 117 years of isolation. Frank seeks out Dr. Euphronious to commission a companion for him, hoping for genuine companionship rather than physical gratification.
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