The Fly (1986)
A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: David Cronenberg
Written By: David Cronenberg, Charles Edward Pogue, George Langelaan
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, David Cronenberg, Geena Davis, John Getz, Leslie Carlson, Michael Copeman, George Chuvalo, Joy Boushel, Carol Lazare, Shawn Hewitt
Genres: Romance, Drama, Sci-fi, Horror
Franchise: The Fly
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Hawkins | 91 91st |
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Classic werewolf tale rendered as a laboratory opera. It's the 80's so there's shades of AIDS and cocaine running through Brundlefly's transformation, where Goldblum turns in his finest performance under pounds of makeup to sell the tragedy. Certain peripheral effects are dated but the final mutation sequence is one for the ages, you cannot get that kind of visceral power from CGI.
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karamazov. | 81 97th |
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Oh my god. I was so not expecting this. I had no idea. There is no restraint, there is no inhibition: Cronenberg goes all-out tragedy, simultaneously laying on the SF silliness, camp, gore, etc., totally fucking -thick,- like he's fucking daring you not to succumb to the manipulation. Oh my god, this is hideous. Hideous and gorgeous.
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backwardsuit | 88 95th |
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Classic story brilliantly transferred to the gory 80s. Perfectly manages to identify the two most interesting elements of the original: tragic family drama & surreal body horror, and update them. It's Cronenberg at his most mainstream and popular but also most thematically coherent and subtly poetic. Concepts of teleportation and metamorphosis fantastically sync with his favourite theme of fluid identities. The rubbery effects are glorious and the cast holds up well despite the pulpy material.
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BillyShears | 95 96th |
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You're telling me something that fucks on shit and eats garbage and is a sexed crazed maniac and when spliced with a fly turns into a monster. Colour me shocked , colour my flesh shocked.
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Jasongirl67 | 100 94th |
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Cronenberg is an evil genius Interesting storyline and grossly cool effects
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doctor7 | 87 88th |
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I think this is where Cronenberg truly finds his form. It's got some downright terrifying and disgusting special effects. Even now they make your skin crawl. Goldblum is amazing as a scientist so infatuated with his work that even as it transforms him into a mutant his work is all he can care about. Must see for any horror or Cronenberg fan.
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Pickpocket | 9 93rd |
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Accomplishes everything it set out to do. It's also a really simple story but Cronenberg succeeds in giving it a great human element and he utilizes the gore and guts maybe better than anyone has before. Goldblum's performance has quickly become one of my favorites and I love this line: "My teeth have begun to fall out. The medicine cabinet is now the Brundle Museum of Natural History. You wanna see what else is in it?" Well deserved Best makeup Oscar.
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Alex Watkins | 5 91st |
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David Cronenberg is a sick, sick man. At first, The Fly is horrifying because of the fact that Seth Brundle is a nice, ambitious guy who made a major fuck-up that is going to cost him a lot. And then it's horrifying because, well...Brundlefly is fucking creepy. Insect politics!
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andayb | 70 80th |
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setting aside the "eww" factor, this is a solid thriller. Goldblum oozes charisma in the beginning of the movie (and then just oozes). "I want to be the first insect politician" is an excellent line. Had the philosophy about the flesh and the subtle sexual undertones been explored better, the movie would have become quite the classic.
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Luna6ix | 86 92nd |
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One of the best remakes in history, truly takes the plot into a new generation, and it's a great sci-fi/horror story at that.
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mangoluver4u | 95 85th |
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About a guy who gets into a cool ass machine teleporter thingy, but a stupid ass fly gets in there with him and fucks him over badly. Turns the guy into a big giant fly man thing. In the end we learn it's not cool to be a mutant fly man, and you will die if you are. I always thought if I was eating a biscuit and a fly landed on it and I ate it by accident I too could be a mutant fly guy. Just never got around to it though
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Leonardis | 95 85th |
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I can't believe I put this off for so long. I thought this was fantastic. I like that it's small scale and not overly complicated. Goldblum is excellent in practically two roles and the practical effects are very well done and quite creepy. I was not expecting such a tragic ending either. That really earned this movie a place in my all-time favorite horror movies. I don't really have much of anything to complain about here. It's just really well done from all corners.
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Paxton | 84 92nd |
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It may be a larvae, but it's her larvae, and that makes it beautiful.
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frederic_g54 | 9 90th |
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A B-movie premise heightened to A-level status. Both tragic and sad when you think about it, a unique sci-fi story to which Cronenberg adds a psychological element to great effect. Loved the script, Goldblum's performance and make-up effects; A noteworthy classic.
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KasperL | 60 50th |
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This film messes with me in several ways. I love Cronenberg's style and the tightness of his films. The scenes with simple body horrors such as nails being pulled, an arm being broken and vomit are the strokes of a master at work. The film is often quite brilliant, that much I will admit, and the first act hooks me right in. But once Goldblum starts wriggling his head and wearing that fly suit, it loses me completely, unfortunately.
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| 4 | michaelsykes | 85 80th |
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The science is soft, but my goodness was I hard.
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edsu | 5 38th |
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ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
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bof | 90 97th |
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Everyone might not agree, but Cronenberg's take on The Fly may be one of the best horror movies ever. He keeps the good parts of all three previous films - the gradual loss of sanity of the first, the tighter plot of the second, the dark conclusion of the third - while ditching the luddite moral of the originals and focusing on the personal psychodrama (heavily externalised, of course; it's Cronenberg). Brundlefly is both one of the yuckiest on-screen monsters and one of the most affecting.
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Dakota99 | 10 99th |
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Well...Cronenberg certainly has a twisted mind...thing is I do too. The Fly is most known for its interesting visuals, that are even considerably better than every horror film today. However, at its core, Jeff Goldblum and his character are much more disturbing. Goldblum easily steals this and while it's fair to point out that the plot is lacking in many areas, so many other elements to this make it one of my favorites. There is more than just a man turning into a fly here.
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djross | 84 94th |
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The greatest sci-fi/horror film of the 1980s (in second place is THE THING). Or rather, sci-fi/horror/romance. So much is great about this movie: the themes (love triangle, romantic tragedy, memory and reality, the dark side of genius or success, transformation, disease, abortion), the cast (all three principals are great - not to mention the fourth, the baboon), the characters, the dialogue, the music. See also my reviews of ALTERED STATES and SOMEWHERE IN TIME, both from 1980.
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Anomaly | 86 88th |
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Cronenberg takes a creepy, cheesy, and fun 1950s B-movie and turns it into a completely disgusting and thought provoking work of art. Takes a slow but steady pace as it plays out a central metaphor that could stand for any disease or slowly progressing syndrome, really driving it home by highlighting the darkly comedic tragedy of it all. A depressing and haunting experience. Goldblum plays a nerdy, awkward dude to perfection, but who would doubt that he couldn't?
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Shmendrek | 4 83rd |
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Tragic tale about scientific hubris and giant bugs. Some of Cronenberg's best.
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mattburgess | 96 97th |
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Wow, this was always one of my favourite Cronenberg films but I never recognised it as one of his all time masterpieces until recently (perhaps I initially dismissed it as too 'commercial' or some bullshit). This is one of the most emotional horror films ever, such a beautiful, tragic love story. I sobbed through my last rewatch of this lol. That ending kills me.
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Judge Holden | 8 94th |
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The Kafka influence is unmistakable, and while Cronenberg maintains the darkly comic tone present in The Metamorphosis, he infuses it with his own unique brand of body horror, making this existential tale of an ambitious young scientist who finds himself turning into an insect as horrific as it is incredibly poignant. A great horror film that doubles as an even better drama. Terrific cast, too.
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MArkjp | 90 90th |
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'The Fly's stroke of genius is, that it takes a young couple in love and makes you sympathize with them only to transform one part into both the classic mad scientist and his own horrible creation at the same time. Cronenberg focuses on Brundle's mental as well as his physical transformation and doesn't loose any of the sympathy for him along the way. On the contrary. The result is an absolutely heartbreaking bodyhorror/tragic love story.
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AFlickering | 8 98th |
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captures both the visceral repulsiveness of body-horror and the harrowing, destabilising nature of psychological horror, not as separate essences but spliced together into a disgusting, heartbreaking fusion. or, to look at it another way, it demonstrates how the two were always one and the same. fundamentally i think every horror movie is trying and failing to be as elemental, invasive and fucked up as this.
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amerigo | 70 26th |
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You'd think that its status as a horror classic would ensure that it'd be a great film, but there's one problem: the cast. They seem straight out of 80s romantic comedies and seem ludicrously artificial in this film.
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KAH | 4 93rd |
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The transformation could serve as a metaphor of aging or drug abuse, and the alienation it can lead to. The ending is just devastating.
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DavidBlast | 90 92nd |
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A rare case of great original, great remake. Whilst completely recapturing the essence of it's main character's slide into desperate madness, Cronenberg opts for body-horror, and manages to conceptualise the most unsettling monster, I've ever seen on film. A side character is poorly written, but where the original Fly seems slightly dated, this one has lost non of it's potency. And you know it's a bad day, when your penis has fallen off, and you have put it in a jar for future studies.
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hellboy76 | 70 79th |
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Cronenburg, with help from Goldblum, makes what is a ridiculous concept, and turn it into a creepy atmospheric creep show.
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Groovy_Souls | 75 64th |
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Cronenberg and Goldblum actually seem to unearth a masterpiece between them. Masterfully acted and unnervingly shot, The Fly is the type of film that you won't soon forget, for its entertainment value, shock, and some charm.
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Moribunny | 75 84th |
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Aptly made by an expert in gorey visuals, and starring the amiable Geena Davis and Jeff Goldblum, the 1986 remake of The Fly is a solid film in terms of both horror and drama.
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terrymac | 82 89th |
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A thoroughly effective, gruesome and affecting take on the 1958 film. Very good indeed.
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BattleToad | 85 76th |
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Thanks to David Cronenberg's direction and affinity for gruesomely detailed special effects and props, The Fly is a completely unforgettable sci-fi thriller. Jeff Goldblum is terrific as a scientist who is too involved with his work to care about anything else while he transforms into a monster, endangering the only woman he loves and himself. Really good!
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| 1 | easymac742 | 82 71st |
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One of the best remakes I've seen. It's no wonder this is Cronenberg's most successful film. Goldblum kicks ass.
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CinematicESP | 89 83rd |
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Jeff Goldblum is incredible in this role. Cronenberg creates a disturbing yet fun film with a creepy vibe.
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Grit | 72 77th |
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This reimagining of the original '50s film is certainly a great one. This adaptation retains most of the intrigue seen in the original, but adds much more horror and updates the original idea to a more intense outcome. The gradual mutation and dip into insanity of Brundle makes for gripping viewing as he fights to contain his inner self as the film nears its climax in the full development of the self-proclaimed Brundle-Fly. Gross, but great.
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saucyjack | 91 92nd |
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A brilliant film that utilizes a genetic mutation as a parable for AIDS or any other disease. Horrific, but also incredibly touching.
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| 1 | spacefloh | 65 71st |
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ger; [Die Fliege]; ein wissenschaftler macht einen selbstversuch mit teleportation, doch eine fliege ist mit von der partie
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purgatos | 81 74th |
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This was really unsettling and uncomfortable. I think I found the fingernail scene to be the worst, but all of Brundlefly was really pretty unsettling.
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Vandelay1 | 87 96th |
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Very Nice
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chemical404 | 81 96th |
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Transformations of body and mind always has been a fascinating subject for me. When I first saw Cronenberg's Fly I was 10 or so years old. As you can imagine a movie like that is bound to leave a mark on kids mind. Now I revisited the movie again, only to find the greater philosophical depth of metamorphosis of human and technology. Make up effects are astonishing. Not as free from Hollywood conventions as Tetsuo, but a masterpiece in its own right.
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janus | 95 97th |
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Indescribably entertaining and engrossing in every aspect. Goldblum is a different kind of mad scientist: no longer cackling and deliberately hostile, just a guy who loves what he does a little too much. The effects are believable, effective, and totally disgusting.
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omgfridge | 10 97th |
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Disgusting. Utterly brilliant however.
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ABUNCHOFCATS | 94 94th |
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One of Cronenberg's best films.
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| 1 | gpietras | 7 74th |
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Cronenberg doing mainstream horror is creepy as hell.
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SirRobbie | 80 81st |
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2nd viewing [previous rank 50/100]: I saw it as a child and the only thing I remembered were those disgusting scenes with limbs breaking and being melted by acid, and all that stuff. Actually, this is also a very well acted romantic drama with a truly sad ending. The cast really makes this entertaining. Also, I have a weak spot for Geena.
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QuickyAPI | 51 25th |
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I pretty much got what I was expecting from this insectoid thriller, except that I didn't find it that horrifying. The 'eww' factor was definitely present in this Cronenberg film featuring a driven scientist (Goldblum) falling in love with a reporter (Davis) as he experiments with teleportation. The make-up that transforms Goldblum into a humongous fly is impressive, but the acting and general atmosphere falls short in giving me the engagement and sense of fear that I was hoping for.
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Cinema_Asia | 85 92nd |
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Cronenberg doesn't shy away from any "taboo" themes and he never puts out gratuitous violence just for the sake of shock value. His movies usually contain themes on how we perceive our human anatomy and our reactions to deformities and physical aberrations. The cycle of birth, life, and death is all symbolically interpreted in the Fly through how technology corrupts and replaces some of who we are.
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antitype | 86 85th |
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Cronenberg's trademark body horror as an absolutely heartbreaking, horrifying metaphor for drug addiction and other matters of alienation, deformity, pregnancy, anatomical perception, etc.
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tinysausage | 78 75th |
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Nobody does mutation better than Cronenburg.
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dunbar | 91 94th |
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An excellent, excellent remake. Cronenberg seems to be a master in exploring facets of the human body, which will leave pretty much everyone squirming. What better medium to use than the story of The Fly? The make-up effects are brilliant. Goldblum's performance is absolutely on the money, both sympathetic yet hard-driven to succeed. You can't help but exhale deeply as the credits role, what a ride!
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thegreyfox | 85 85th |
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The Fly perfectly illustrates that "horrific" doesnt necessarily equate to "scary". In much the same way as 'The Thing' (82) is horrific because of the sense of helplessness and inevitability, the Fly is horrific in that the changes to Brundle are completely remorseless in their gross, gory detail. I marvel at films prior to CGI when FX were created by real invention, artistry and creativity. the Fly is a great story, Goldblum and Davis are simply perfect and the effects terrific. A True classic
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Marnie | 30 5th |
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This is DISGUSTING!!!!!
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| 1 | klea | 60 63rd |
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Any film that gives the "No...I can't!" line in the end automatically gets docked some points
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| 1 | mkellins | 70 76th |
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Cronenberg updates the classic novella into a brilliant but heartbreaking modern day horror story. The film is every bit as gross as you can expect from him, but the grossness isn't there just for the shock value. It makes the viewer really experience the horrible metamorphosis Brundle is going through. Truly, an entertaining movie.
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| 1 | myfavchords | 77 61st |
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This is a really well made horror film. David Cronenberg does an excellent job with this creepy story of a man slowly turning into a human fly. Jeff Goldblum is excellent in the lead role and Genna Davis is also very good here. I recommend this horror movie.
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antidood1 | 90 97th |
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Oh my god. What I expected was a The Thing-esque over-the-top gory horror/suspense movie. What I got was a twisted romance/drama about a guy who happens to transform into a man-fly hybrid. And let's just say it affected me more than a movie with that description has any right to. Jeff Goldblum absolutely kills it, the special effects are beautiful and occasionally worth an "oh god!" or "what the fuck!", and the pacing is spot-on, slow but relentless and inevitable. A disturbing piece of art.
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magdabag | 86 62nd |
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Goldblum is fantastic, and Davis is great as well! They worked really well on screen together, and their chemistry really showed. The effects in this great, and I'm amazed I haven't heard much about them. The pacing in the beginning was a bit fast, but It eventually found it's groove and worked really well. Would definitely recommend if you're a sci-fi fan!
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TamCam | 76 74th |
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I watched "The Fly" for the first time in 2015 and must admit that I was still engrossed by the effects. Despite the logical flaws (the ape would be expected to merge with the DNA of all his ticks and flees, bacteria etc. as well), I really enjoyed this movie. Partly because Davis and Goldblum are pretty sexy, but mostly because Davis' character is just so outstandingly well written. And because the story is fascinatingly gross.
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redflag | 95 80th |
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Fucking brilliant Cronenberg. A nice consolidation of themes he'd worked over for awhile. I still feel physically ill thinking about Brundlefly.
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| 1 | CesarCastag (CinePlayers.com) | 90 83rd |
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The possibility of the metaphor. That's what fantasy should be all about.
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JSchlansky | 93 94th |
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A testament to the power of practical effects. Goldbum is perfect casting
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Yiannos | 73 77th |
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A clever spin on the old consequences-of-messing-with-nature plot, only this time Goldblum's character is not a mad genius but rather a victim of his own experiment gone awry. He is excellent, and his horrific transformation generates much sympathy. It's to his credit, as well as Cronenberg's, that it plays effectively as tragedy rather than camp or farce, because it's a fine line with this kind of material. Davis is also noteworthy in an early breakout role.
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Mist600 | 87 77th |
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BACK-FILLING WHOLE LOT OF FILMS NOT SEEN FOR A LONG, LONG TIME -> Recall/Scores may be 20-30% off. Not at all offended, grateful actually, if anyone wants 2 drop me a cordial msg if think memory dulled a gem or gave a rosy tint to a clunker. IE. Tell me WHY I am wrong & what U think I should've scored. Love film chat/debate
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bhajansunlo | 82 90th |
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Loved it. Brundlefly is crazy. Loved everything else about the story too
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