Splice

The Telegraph“A gruesome joke, and no more...” A great mad-science movie about cloning may yet come, but Splice, from Canadian genre specialist Vincenzo Natali, is pure silliness – a disappointingly clueless riff on the “Frankenscience” hysteria whipped up by opponents of stem-cell research

Total Film “Cube’s director mixes it up, with monster results…” Impressive FX lend credibility to a pacey but cerebral sci-fi that’s not embarrassed to be entertaining. We bid that Natali’s hideous progeny go forth and prosper…

Little White Lies“A cheap Frankenstein re-hash...” If watching Brody get jiggy with a Spawn-like siren sounds like enough to validate the ticket price, it’s not. This is weak, formulaic sci-fi fodder that reeks from start to finish...

The Independent“A fabulous piece of baroque film-making...” I don't know when I've had my emotions so monkeyed around with in the cinema. Vincenzo Natali's achievement is to take the viewer's heart and head, and effectively splice them together...

Guardian“Samples the DNA of Alien, The Fly and Eraserhead...” It is no masterpiece but it has funny "creature effects" and makeup, forthright storytelling and a robust, deadpan insistence on its own apparent seriousness, the only way for its comic qualities to come across. It may well become a cult favourite...

Time Out“The intellectual sparks that do fly burn brightly but only briefly...” That said, it is fascinating to see the arrogant human scientists revealed as monsters, even as the ‘monstrous’ Dren reveals her complex, vulnerable humanity...

Channel4 Film“An updated riff on Frankenstein...” Natali expertly recombines the body horror of a creature feature with the perverse dysfunction of a family tragedy, engendering a freaky new genre hybrid whose monstrosity is (mostly) human...

Variety“This splice girl is a bizarrely beautiful beast...” As the pic mutates from Frankenstein into Mommie Dearest, with a side order of Rosemary's Baby, viewers who can suspend their disbelief may find Splice an unexpectedly plausible portrait of a relationship in crisis...

Empire“As many heartfelt, emotional scenes as acute horror moments...” It doesn’t go the complete distance, but this is a wholly admirable, refreshingly grown-up science-fiction movie: a Frankenstein with a beating, gene-spliced heart and top-of-the-range performances...

The Observer“Not yet reviewed.”