The Fly

3.50
    The Fly
    1986

    Synopsis

    When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.

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    Cast

    • Jeff GoldblumSeth Brundle
    • Geena DavisVeronica Quaife
    • John GetzStathis Borans
    • Joy BoushelTawny
    • Leslie CarlsonDr. Brent Cheevers
    • George ChuvaloMarky
    • Michael Copeman2nd Man in Bar
    • David CronenbergGynecologist
    • Carol LazareNurse
    • Shawn HewittClerk

    Recommendations

    • 100

      TV Guide Magazine

      As a remake, The Fly transcends the original, taking it in new directions and exploring its underutilized potential.
    • 100

      Boston Globe

      The Fly is that rare species of movie - a remake that far surpasses the original and, quite frankly, all expectations. [15 Aug 1986]
    • 100

      Chicago Tribune

      David Cronenberg's The Fly is that absolute rarity of the '80s: a film that is at once a pure, personal expression and a superbly successful commercial enterprise. [15 Aug 1986]
    • 100

      Los Angeles Times

      What makes The Fly such a stunning piece of obsessive film making is the way Cronenberg deftly allows us to identify with his monstrous creation. [14 Aug 1986]
    • 90

      Time

      A gross-your-eyes-out horror movie that is also the year's most poignant romance.
    • 88

      The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

      The Fly is a mass-market, horror- film masterpiece that is also a work of art; it is the very movie the timorous feared "Aliens" would be - a gruesome, disturbing, fundamentally uncompromising shocker that accesses the subconscious. [15 Aug 1986]
    • 70

      Variety

      David Cronenberg's remake of the 1958 horror classic The Fly is not for the squeamish. Casting Jeff Goldblum was a good choice as he brings a quirky, common touch to the spacey scientist role.
    • 60

      Chicago Reader

      It's an interesting experiment Cronenberg's attempted, if ultimately in the wrong direction.

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