Superior to original, which is a rare thing.

Rating: 10/10 (10 June 2006)

You know what? This film is beautiful, I mean it really is a luscious telling of the famous man-turned-beast. Yes, it is a remake, and I usually don't like remakes, but you what? This film did it all, and did it all great. It has a terrific set-up of introductions to the three characters we really get to know, and the intimacy is very powerful, as we really feel like we're getting to know these people. The terror is also real, or as real as can be believed, which is very real indeed. Jeff Goldblum gives his ultimate performance as the brilliant Seth Brundle, a man who's genius goes awry, and soon, his life is turned upside down! Geena Davis certainly gives us a real character to embrace, as she falls in love with Goldblums' Brundle. As the story takes it's turns and leaps, the love that the two leads share is stretched through fear and power, and bravery. The film is so depressing by that point, that we feel the loss we know will come. It really holds us well, as it brings us to the very end. Cronenberg is a master at this, and I will forever love this film.