100
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
Achieves its exquisite tension--deepening beautifully from a "Death in Venice" setup to an imaginative meditation, on art and life, of uncommon sensitivity.
Gods and Monsters
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- United States,
- United Kingdom
- 1998
- · 105m
Director
Bill Condon
Cast
Ian McKellen,
Brendan Fraser,
Lynn Redgrave,
Lolita Davidovich,
David Dukes,
Kevin J. O'Connor,
Mark Kiely,
Jack Plotnick,
Rosalind Ayres,
Jack Betts
Genre
Drama
It's 1957, and James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper, Hannah, hires a handsome young gardener, the flamboyant director and simple yard man develop an unlikely friendship, which will change them forever.
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100
Portland Oregonian by Shawn Levy
The film, built around McKellen's magnificent performance, is a sleek and deceptively artful work, a bio-pic that manages to encompass the whole of a man's rich life by concentrating solely on the final months of it.
100
San Francisco Chronicle by Bob Graham
An actors' feast.
100
San Francisco Examiner by Bob Stephens
One of the most complex and powerful literary scripts in recent times.
90
Washington Post by Rita Kempley
In a performance of enormous complexity and nuance, emotions seem to race across McKellen's face like hurrying clouds.
90
Mr. Showbiz by Kevin Maynard
A profoundly moving human drama, a quasi love story about two lost men who form an unlikely friendship.
90
Rolling Stone by Peter Travers
Elegantly witty and haunting . . . McKellen gives the performance of his career . . . and Brendan Fraser excels.
90
Film.com by Peter Brunette
A strange and lovely combination of cinematic nostalgia and offbeat (gay) love story.
88
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
It has the most beautiful ending of any American film in years, a coda of reconciliation and remembrance set in a gentle L.A. rain.
88
USA Today by Susan Wloszczyna
Chances are, the more you love classic cinema, the more you will find Gods is your cup of tea.
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