This is a very well constructed Sci-Fi movie. I've read it was sold as horror and actually the horror elements sort of bog it down. What it is a study of people playing god, bad parenting, social irresponsibility and killing the things you love. Adrian Brody and Sarah Polley are both great and Delphine Chanéac is wonderful as Dren. The special effects are very good in this and Dren seems very real. You totally accept her as this quasi-human creature and feel sorry for her situation, while still being afraid of what she might do. This story could've really gone in a different direction and the ending seems forced to bring about a climax. It's a very engaging and entertaining movie as it is and well worth the view.

its great virtue - to explore ancient basic fears of each of us. the theme of Dr. Frankenstein has a great illustration. and the strange beauty of story and images are the basic gift of a film . the fascination to the result of an experiment who could change everything is axis of one of the great problems of present.result - a special film. for the effort of Adrien Brody and for a story who mix the thriller and old Sci.- Fi. themes in decent manner. short, one of memorable films for the emotions and for the use of Gothic themes . and for the brilliant making of a modern fairy tale, creepy, seductive, mysterious. the sins - the use of sexuality as a ingredient too spicy, the mix of different subject, the strange metamorphose of Dren looking the right form, the tension who has as result an ambiguous and not real credible violence. short- a warning. useful. but not coherent in many scenes.

I like part of movie. Vizuals and CGI (and sometimes practical) effects are pretty good. Colors and stylization are awesome. Vincenzo Natali (Cube, Cypher) is great director, but script always feels like something from B-Movie. Shots are always look wonderful, but there is never message behind them. It's good to look at this movie, but there are too much plot holes and clichés to really love this movie. Seriously why would somebody named science lab NERD? And why Dren changed gender for last 10 minutes? I really like drowning scene in lab. (well shot, with great emotions) and scene where we first meet a Dren. I didn't like a soundtrack, it seems to me i heard it a lot of times before. It feels so stereotypical. I enjoyed movie, but I don't have any idea why i should want to see it again.

Okay, i watched it all, in stops and starts, Nowadays I'm too busy to sit down and watch a whole movie so i catch a little during my lunch break, then a little more in the evening, in the end it takes about three days for me to watch an entire movie, kids pulling my hair, telling me to turn it off so they can watch turtles, korra etc But i really did enjoy this and would put it on your must see list.Usually i write negative reviews because Hollywood churn out so much crap, but this is a movie we all liked I know it says in the title description it is a horror but not really it may be very mildly scary in a few places but it's more of a jurassic park scare.All in all a good tale, well told and acted, worth the price.Thanks for listening.