Good performances lift "The Fly" - essentially required viewing for any Cronenberg fan

Rating: 8/10 (15 November 2003)

(minor spoilers - that is, nothing you wouldn't get from the trailer)
Canadian bio-horror director David Cronenberg has never played by the "rules" of modern horror. Here is another standout piece; instead of being a gory special effects movie with a love story tacked on, "The Fly" is exactly the opposite: the slow metamorphosis of Bruden with cues the audience readily picks up on makes for a tragic, almost inevitable outcome to the romance between Seth and Ronnie. David Goldblum and Geena Davis do some very good work here (they were a couple at the time).
You probably already know the basic plot, but the movie never insults the viewer's intelligence. It's ultimately a strange mutated movie - romantic-scifi-biohorror tragedy, much like Cronenberg's creatures themselves. While it's certainly only a good movie, it's still worth watching.
8/10