The Fly: Amazon.ca: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel, Leslie Carlson, George Chuvalo, Michael Copeman, David Cronenberg, Carol Lazare, Shawn Hewitt, Mark Irwin, Ronald Sanders, Kip Ohman, Marc Boyman, Stuart Cornfeld, Charles Edward Pogue, George Langelaan: DVD

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David Cronenberg's 1986 remake of the science fiction classic about a scientist who accidentally swaps body parts with a fly is both smart and terrifying: an allegory for the awful processes of slow death and a monster movie with a tragic spin. Jeff Goldblum gives a masterful performance as a sweet, nerdy scientist whose romance with a writer (Geena Davis) makes him more fully alive. Next thing you know, a tiny oversight in an experiment causes him to transmogrify, gradually, into something more like an insect than a human. This is Cronenberg (Scanners, Videodrome) country, so expect The Fly to be a gross-out, but in the way that disease corrupts the body and can make a loved one unrecognizable on every level. This is one of Cronenberg's best films, and certainly one of the important movies of the 1980s. --Tom Keogh

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David Cronenberg's 1986 remake of the science fiction classic about a scientist who accidentally swaps body parts with a fly is both smart and terrifying: an allegory for the awful processes of slow death and a monster movie with a tragic spin. Jeff Goldblum gives a masterful performance as a sweet, nerdy scientist whose romance with a writer (Geena Davis) makes him more fully alive. Next thing you know, a tiny oversight in an experiment causes him to transmogrify, gradually, into something more like an insect than a human. This is Cronenberg (Scanners, Videodrome) country, so expect The Fly to be a gross-out, but in the way that disease corrupts the body and can make a loved one unrecognizable on every level. This is one of Cronenberg's best films, and certainly one of the important movies of the 1980s. --Tom Keogh

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5.0 out of 5 stars Frightening, but very moving., Jun 3 2004

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P. Woods (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fly, the 86 (VHS Tape)

When I first bought this back in december 2002 it was my favourite film ever. Now, I have moved on, but I will always remember what a classic it is.

Jeff Goldblum is a scientist called Seth Brundle, living in a condo. But when he is working on a teleporting experiment, he accidently merges with a housefly. Geena Davis is Veronica, she has fallen in love with him, and has yet to know that he is transforming. Soon, Seth starts to get bad skin, his nails start to fall of, and he begins to get stronger, and Veronica expects something is wrong. When she finds out what's happening to him she realizes that she is going to have a baby, Seth's baby, and she thinks it will become what Seth is about to become. She tries to get the help of her ex-boyfreind (John Getz) and stop Seth for good.

This is a gory film, with a sickening ending and lots of disturbing scenes, but it can also really touch you, you can see how much pain Seth and Veronica are going through in the movie. In my opinion this is an 80s classic. Wonderful performances, great makeup and just a good plain horror movie.

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4.0 out of 5 stars pretty good,but disgusting, Aug 30 2007

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falcon "disdressed12" (canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Fly (DVD)

i thought this movie was quite well done,very atmospheric and
creepy.Jeff Goldblum plays,Seth Brundle,A quiet,introverted scientist
who spends most of his time alone working on his new project.Geena
Davis plays Journalist Veronica Quaife,a journalist who Seth invites to
his place to show her what he is working on.up to this point,Seth's
experiments(teleportation) have been successful with inanimate
objects,and not so successful with living creatures.Seth thinks he has
worked out the bugs and tries the experiment on himself.the experiment
goes horribly wrong.Seth begins to change from being mild mannered and
shy to something else.Jeff Goldblum is terrific in showing the gradual
mental deterioration of the scientist.the actual physical
transformation that Seth undergoes is startling,but the final
transformation is something else entirely and somewhat disgusting.but
well done,considering the movie is over 20 years old.Geena Davis is
good in her portrayal of a woman at 1st fascinated and then terrified
by what has happened.the best part of this movie is the musical score
by Howard Shore,which is very moody and eerie.Nile Rodgers also
contributes a nice piece of music to the film with the original song
"Help Me".i'd have to give "The Fly" 4/5

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Fly (1986 remake), April 15 2004

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Chad DeFeo "(ChandlerBingFan)" (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fly, the 86 (VHS Tape)

When a movie is this gross, I would give it no stars. But this remake was so much better than the original and the acting was so much better that I had no choice but to give this film five stars. But I have to say that after the first time I have seen this film, I was literlly sick to my stomach, but that only goes to show you that the make-up was that amazing. I am not a fan of Jeff Goldblum's, basically because most of the time his acting is kind of dry and dull, even though he can play a pretty good "brainy" character, but I really liked him in this film. Yeah is playing a somewhat dull-brainy-dry part, but he doesn't play it dry.

Jeff Goldblum is in the role of Seth Brundle, a scientist who does his experimentations with these two tripods. The process is to put one thing into one tripod and put something else into the other and the two objects or animals transport to the opposite tripod. One night, while doing the experiment on himself, a fly became trapped in the tripod Seth was in. The fly's DNA had mixed with Seth's causing him to become part human, part fly. Geena Davis plays Veronica "Ronnie", Seth's girlfriend. She begins to witness Seth's gruesome transformation. Then, Ronnie reveals to ex-boyrfriend, Stathis Borans (played by John Getz), that she is pregnant with Seth's child. She decides to go tell Seth, but by then, Seth is in one stage away from becoming a complete human-fly being. She goes in and has a talk with Seth, but after seeing what Seth has become, she decides not to say anything about the baby to Seth. Instead, she finishes the conversation with Seth and runs out to tell Stathis that she wants an abortion. Seth, hearing this from the roof, builds a third tripod and kidnaps Ronnie. With the third tripod, he can put Ronnie in the first, himself in the second, and then Seth, Ronnie, and their unborn child will come out of the third as one. Ronnie wants no parts of it and that is when Seth transforms one last time into the most horrifying, but most disgusting creature this world has ever seen, which leads to a heartbreaking conclusion that will leave you breathless, and also have grabbing a bottle of pepto.

Yes, this film is very gruesome, but I really enjoyed it. The acting was unbelievable, the make-up was incredible. What's not to like? The movie even won an Oscar for Outstanding Make-Up Effects. Watch this film and I guarantee that you will enjoy it.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good intent, bad delivery
This movie is a remake of the 1950's classic in which a scientist accidentally combines himself with a fly, creating a hybrid organism. Read more

Published on Jun 26 2004 by J. Michael Shepherd

5.0 out of 5 stars FOR THE WIMPY REVIEWERS!
HEY LITTLE P***IES OUT THERE THAT THINK THIS MOVIE IS SO GROSS AND DISGUSTING I GOT A LITTLE TIP FOR YA, GROW A BACKBONE YOU KNOW A SPINE! Read more

Published on Sep 30 2003