Mary Shelley
Seen it?2017 | 120 min | Romance, Drama
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With middling reviews (39% on Rotten Tomatoes) and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for romantics. If you loved Titanic or Romeo and Juliet, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Warm and romantic.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG-13. Probably too much for younger kids.
The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
39% on Rotten Tomatoes, 49 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
7.0 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$2 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 119K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Haifaa al-Mansour
- Elle FanningMary Shelley
- Douglas BoothPercy Bysshe Shelley
- Bel PowleyClaire Clairmont
- Stephen DillaneWilliam Godwin
- Joanne FroggattMary Jane Clairmont
- Tom SturridgeLord Byron
- Ben HardyDr. John Polidori
- Maisie WilliamsIsabel Baxter
- Hugh O'ConorSamuel Taylor Coleridge
- Ciara CharterisHarriet Shelley