This is without a doubt the best film version of the Frankenstein story. For one thing it is the only film version where the people making it appear to have read the original novel. It is a faithful adaptation of the classic story. Atmospherically shot with some excellent sets you can really see where the money has gone.
Often put down by critics I believe this film has stood the test of time and has shown that it is not something that can so easily be thrown to one side.
The cast is fantastic with Branagh playing the part of the Doctor who creates the monster and De Niro excellently playing the monster itself and this is possibly one of the few film versions where you actually get to hear the monster speak in an articulate fashion, just as he does in the book, rather than the grunts and arm waving that KArloff was forced to do. There is excellent support from Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Hulce, Robert Hardy, Richard Briers, Ian Holm and John Cleese to name but a few. This film is not to be missed.

this is an incredible adaptation to mary shelley's frankenstein. being a great lover of the book and the many views it takes, Victor, the monster, Walton. i had low expectations for this one, believing it to be just another gorey film. yet it succeded in proving me wrong, the espistolary narration is abandoned, but Waltons view is still there, and the tenderness of the creature (wonderfully played by de niro) is fully expressed in one of the most memorable conversation in the book, between victor and the monster, high up in the ice mountains.

if you foolishely want to dismiss the book in order to find out what happens for college or general curiosity, don't, but do watch this AS well as the book in order to see the ominous presence of the monster, and the insanity victor dips into