Overview
- Following its global streaming debut, the film is currently the most-watched English-language movie on Netflix.
- Rotten Tomatoes lists a 95% audience score and 85% critics score, the highest audience mark of del Toro’s career and the best for a 2025 live-action Netflix release.
- Elordi is drawing significant best supporting actor buzz after a Venice premiere that reportedly earned a 15-minute standing ovation.
- Critics praise the film’s craft and practical effects, with Elordi spending four to eleven hours in prosthetics for the role.
- Cultural reaction has surged on social media, where many celebrate and even romanticize the Creature’s portrayal.