Frightening, But Loses Its Way.

Rating: Null/10 (14 March 2002)

"The Fly" is truly terrifying for the most part, but the film literally falls apart during its final act. Jeff Goldblum stars as a somewhat mad scientist who accidentally turns himself into a six-foot fly. Of course the change goes on for most of the film and the Oscar-winning makeup effects are amazing to say the least, but the movie becomes too bent on making the audience physically sick during the closing moments to really succeed completely. Shock factors are a little too prevalent as the film progresses and that fact grounds the fly in the end. Only fair when all is said and done. 2.5 out of 5 stars.