Frankenstein 90

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Frankenstein 90
Frankenstein 90.jpg
Directed by Alain Jessua
Screenplay by
Produced byAlain Jessua
Starring
Cinematography William Lubtchansky
Edited byHélène Plemiannikov [1]
Music by Armando Trovajoli
Production
companies
  • A.J. Films
  • TF1 Films Production
Distributed byAMLF [1]
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Frankenstein 90 is a 1984 French comedy film directed, produced and written by Alain Jessua. The film stars Jean Rochefort and Eddy Mitchell.

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Release

The film was released in France on VHS in 1995. [1]

Reception

Variety stated that Alain Jessua and Paul Gégauff "manages some facile but amiable comic situations" but that "Jessua gropes unsuccessfully for the right macabre-satiric tone." [2] The review stated that Eddy Mitchell was "an inveterate film buff" and "no doubt had fun with the part," but that "Rochefort and other players seem less at ease." [2] AllMovie gave the film one and a half stars out of five, calling it an "uneven spoof". [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Frankenstein 90" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Willis 1985, p. 457: "Reviewed at the Gautmont Colisee theater, Paris, Sept. 4, 1984"
  3. Mannikka, Eleanor. "Frankenstein 90". AllMovie . Retrieved September 23, 2015.

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