Major disappointment

Rating: 3/10 (1 November 2015)

I have delayed watching this movie for many, many years as I guessed it would bear little relation to the book, as happened with the so-called 'Mary Shelley's Frankenstein'. I guessed correctly. I caved in recently and actually bought the DVD, for £2.98, and frankly I feel robbed. Oldman was excellent, but the rest of the cast were dire and the storyline deviated so far from the book, with salacious and unnecessary sex/nudity etc, that I laughed out loud in several places. Whitby was not mentioned once, Lucy was pathetic and irritating, Jonathan Harker...well the less said about Mr Reeves 'acting' the better, and even Anthony Hopkins gave a half-hearted and inconsistent performance. Disappointed in the extreme. I would give the DVD to charity but don't want to inflict this travesty on anyone else. My advice? Read the book, forget the movie.