For the first weekend of June in this Summer Blockbuster season, we get a Science Fiction/Horror movie that is not quite the normal fare for this time of year. Splice opens today about two scientists who create a new life form that they lose control of. And while the movie has not received rave reviews from the critics, they appear overly favorable toward it as of its opening day giving it a Fresh Rating of 68% on the Rotten Tomatoes website: Following is the consensus opinion on the movie:
It doesn’t take its terrific premise quite as far as it should, but Splice is a smart, well-acted treat for horror fans.
In his review of the movie, Peter Travers of Rolling Stone says that “Before the film devolves into cliché, director and co-writer Vincenzo Natali creates a potent and provocative thriller about gender politics and human impulses that can’t be reduced to a science.” Dustin Putman adds in his review that “Besides its absorbing ghoulishness, Splice is terrifically smart, rife with topics to debate and discuss. How many studio-released horror pictures of the last several years can attest to that?” You can read more of the critics’ opinions at the movie’s Rotten Tomatoes page and you can see the trailer for the movie at its official website.
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