‘Frankenstein’ Review: Jacob Elordi Is the Soul of a Gorgeous Guillermo del Toro Monster Movie Missing Its Maker’s Madness

Venice: Del Toro’s second Netflix movie is bolted to the Earth by hands-on production design and crafty period detail. While it may be too reverently faithful to Mary Shelley’s source material to end up as a GDT all-timer, Jacob Elordi gives poignant life to the most emotionally complex Frankenstein monster since Boris Karloff.