Cronos

Year: 1993

Grade: B

Country: Mexico

Director: Del Toro

Review

the last time i watched this was in the theater about 11 years ago. i think it’s held up pretty well in that time. it’s equal parts vampire movie, pandora’s box parable, and straight drama. other than the score, which i didn’t care for, the movie is solid all around. i think it owes more to the writing than to the directing, though they were done by the same person (guillermo del toro). the relationship between the old man and his granddaughter was well constructed. the embalmer character was a nice touch…he was both gross and funny. i felt that his character could have been the center of a different movie – he was that rich. i also thought that ron perlman’s character was good. actually one addition to his character was especially good – his strong desire to have a new nose. it was both funny and a good symbol for his desire for the finer things in life. a nice touch. there were lots of nice touches in the film.