The Fly (1986) Reviews & Ratings
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The Fly reviews
The Fly holds a 7.4/10 average from 5,154 TMDB ratings.
_**Slowly turning into a monster, aka slowly succumbing to age**_ An eccentric scientist living in a warehouse laboratory in a big city in the Northeast (Jeff Goldblum) discovers how to teleport objects, which draws the attention of a journalist (Geena Davis). Everything is going fine until he foolishly uses his invention on himself and a pesky fly inadvertently teleports with him. John Getz is on hand as the woman’…
— Wuchak (6/10)
Nobody could ever call Jeff Goldbum a versatile actor, but here he is very much in his element as "Brundle". A madcap scientist, he dreams of being able to teleport things just like Willy Wonka does in 1971. He is almost as keen on journalist "Veronica" (Geena Davis) and so offers her exclusive access to follow and film his research. That all goes remarkably well - first a scarf, then more animated objects before, f…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)
What was his electric bill and how did he not blow out every fuse in his building? Telepods must suck up a lot of juice. Anyway, it's fun. It is the typical 80s flick, with a plot that takes all of 5 minutes to get rolling and a cast that was talented and still cheap enough to throw in a sci-fi horror flick. But, you know, it's also mindless fun, it's not exactly deep, it's about science, and about the dangers of it…
— GenerationofSwine (10/10)
When brilliant, eccentric scientist Seth Brundle makes a huge 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.
Movies like The Fly
If you enjoyed The Fly, these movies have a similar feel:
- The Kindred (1987)
- The Brood (1979)
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- The Creeping Flesh (1973)
- The Thing (2011)
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- Splice (2010)
- Alligator (1980)
- Man-Made Monster (1941)
- The Blob (1988)
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