‘Frankenstein’ movie review: Jacob Elordi’s gentle monster melts and flays hearts in Guillermo del Toro’s gorgeous adaptation
In the excellent making-of documentary, Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson, director Guillermo del Toro says he is closest to the stories of Pinocchio and Frankenstein. “Both are stories of ‘abnormal kids,’ whose fathers are disappointed in some way.” Thus, del Toro’s adaptation of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, rather than being a cautionary tale about unbridled scientific…