Well acted and ....

Rating: 10/10 (8 August 2006)

very disturbing. Anthony Hopkins, as Dr. Treaves, trying to help a disfigured patient in the Victorian Era. The really sad part is that this was based on a true story.
John Hurt is very effective, and the cinematography seems even more graphic in black and white. Sadly the carnival and freak-show atmosphere was prevalent in those days for entertainment. Today we have reality TV.
Anyone who has traveled and visited the "surgical theaters" of Victorian England will be interested in this story. The Anthony Hopkins character has redeeming values, and the story is a case everyone should be made aware of.
The atmosphere is foreboding and scary. Man's inhumanity to man. 10/10.