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Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley

Romance · Drama · 2017

The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”

Movie details

Mary Shelley

“Her greatest love inspired her darkest creation”

2017 Romance · Drama 2h 0m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.4 / 10

18.3K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

40 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

49 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

7.0 / 10

Community rating

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The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Mary Shelley?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Haifaa al-Mansour

Written by

Emma Jensen · Haifaa al-Mansour

Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning

Mary Shelley

Douglas Booth

Douglas Booth

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Bel Powley

Bel Powley

Claire Clairmont

Stephen Dillane

Stephen Dillane

William Godwin

Joanne Froggatt

Joanne Froggatt

Mary Jane Clairmont

Tom Sturridge

Tom Sturridge

Lord Byron

Ben Hardy

Ben Hardy

Dr. John Polidori

Court is in session

Put Mary Shelley on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.