Add the film to the disturbingly long list of dreadful adaptations of a source that deserves better.

Like the spark of life itself, it's hard to identify the elusive missing ingredient that prevents this ragbag of potentially likable body parts ever earning the accolade "It's alive!"

Worst film of the year? Possibly. Worst Frankenstein adaptation ever? Definitely (and considering that Aaron Eckhart's egregious 2014 action flop I, Frankenstein is also in the running, that's impressive).

James McAvoy saves 'Victor Frankenstein' from being a complete waste of time although, him aside, the classic monster remake is mostly DOA.