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The Fly

Movie
1986
1h 36m
R
English
Horror, Science Fiction
User Score: 
7.7
Critic Score: 
87
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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.
The Fly Poster

The Fly

R
Movie
1986
1h 36m
English
Horror, Science Fiction
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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7.7
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CRITIC SCORE
87

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Jeff Goldblum
Seth Brundle
Geena Davis
Veronica Quaife
John Getz
Stathis Borans
Leslie Carlson
Dr. Brent Cheevers
Michael Copeman
2nd Man in Bar
David Cronenberg
Gynecologist
Typhoon
Baboon (uncredited)
Ann Green
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Directed By: David Cronenberg
Written By: David Cronenberg (Screenplay), Charles Edward Pogue (Screenplay)

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Hin says...
9 years ago
It's so perfectly disgusting. Loved it. Only one rule: don't eat while watching this movie
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FinFan says...
12 years ago
I´m not much of a horror fan. This is one of the very few exceptions. The make-up for the Fly looks great even today. Because it´s not CGI, which of course wasn´t available, it´s so much more real and believable.
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AlexanderZ says...
8 years ago
"The Fly" is a very devastating film. Powerful enough, but not exactly pleasant to look at. Like only the greatest directors can pull this off, Cronenberg overwhelms the audience with a sublime mixture drama, mistery and repulsiveness.
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jmg999 says...
one year ago
This movie is disturbing, but it has nothing to do w/ the coalescence of a man and fly. It has to do w/ the violent sexism and misogyny that was considered acceptable in the past. Geena Davis, the protagonist of the film starts off being coerced, threatened, stalked, and assaulted by her boss, who was her former professor, when he first assaulted her in college. Over the course of the film, she turns to him for assistance, despite his creepy, despicable, illegal behavior. And, he's painted as the hero of the story. The startling truth, however, is that this is considered normal, everyday behavior. The important takeaway from this film to remember is that this is what men are. When someone shows you who they are, believe them.
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AndrewBloom
CONTAINS SPOILERS6/10  3 years ago
[6.0/10] I knew *The Fly* would be gross. If you know nothing else about the oeuvre of David Cronenberg, you know his penchant for body horror. His 1986 classic does not disappoint on that front. Characters vomit up white goo. Their fingers pop like pustules. They skin sloughs off revealing forms an More
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Elmart
9/10  one year ago
David Cronenberg's 1986 film "The Fly" is a masterful exploration of the intersection between science, humanity, and the grotesque. Artistically, the film excels in its practical effects, showcasing the transformation of the protagonist, Seth Brundle, into a horrifying human-insect hybrid. The visua More
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Wuchak
4 years ago
_**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 fo More
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CinemaSerf
3 years ago
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 acce More
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