Frankenstein and Me (1996)

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

hyped garbage

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Earl Williams (Jamieson Boulanger) is a dreamer teenager obsessed with monsters, who fantasizes his life as if he were living in the world of the monsters of the Universal Studios. Although being an excellent student, his intolerant and nasty school teacher Mrs. Perdue (Louise Fletcher) does not like him and punishes him for any minor fault. His supportive father Les Williams (Burt Reynolds) is also a dreamer, who has never been successful in life. When his father dies, his mother becomes lost with two boys, and tries to change the behavior of Earl. One day, the boy finds the "true Frankenstein" lost by a Carnival, and decides to bring the monster back to life. "Frankenstein and Me" is a story with ups and downs, but it is attractive most of the time, having a great message in the end. I saw it in a VHS horribly dubbed in Portuguese, with mistakes in the translation, but anyway this movie is an above average family entertainment. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "Frankenstein"

I saw FRANKENSTEIN AND ME on the Disney Channel one night and enjoyed it. I found it to be smart, scary, and funny all at the same time. It's about a boy named Earl Williams. Earl is obsessed with monsters. I really liked Earl because just like him, I am obsessed with monsters. Anyway, on Halloween night Earl and his buddies visit a traveling carnival. The carnival owner says that he has an "Authentic" monster. When the carnival people leave, the monster falls of the back of a truck and Earl steals it. Being the monster lover that he is, he trys to bring the monster back to life. The scenes where he is trying to bring the monster back to life are the scariest [but they aren't too scary], the scenes with Earl's friends are the funniest, and the carnival scene is one of the most clever scenes I have seen in a movie in a long time. I found the movie a little bit too creepy to be on The Disney Channel, but maybe that's because I get scared easily. If you like monster movies, you'll love FRANKENSTEIN AND ME!!!

FRANKENSTEIN & ME (1995) Director Robert Tinnell has brought back all of those childhood memories and fears....parents, arguments and the love of monsters. A carny comes to town featuring a sideshow that has the "real" Frankenstein monster. The body of the monster falls off a truck at night when the show leaves town. A 12-year old hides the crate containing the body, in hopes of a stormy night, to revive it! Burt Reynolds, in a restrained role, plays the boy's father. A loving look back at the Universal monster movies and those of us who grew up in the sixties putting together Aurora models. And most of all, an age-old theme is driven home perfectly -- follow your dreams.

Fun and surprisingly touching account of a troubled by imaginative young boy who plots a fanciful feat straight out of James Whale. Director Bob Tinnell is a student of horror cinema, and a handful of dream sequences invoke the spirit of classic Universal and Hammer monster classics. Set during the early 1970s, Tinnell and his crew evoke the period with the precision of bigger budget films like THE ICE STORM and DAZED AND CONFUSED. One of those rare and wonderful films which, although aimed at younger audiences, which can be enjoyed by all members of the family. A must-see for monster lovers with kids.