Overview
- The film is now streaming globally after a limited theatrical run and is sitting at #1 on Netflix’s Top 10, with The Hollywood Reporter calling it the most-watched English-language title on the service.
- Rotten Tomatoes shows a 95% audience score and an 85% critics score, marking the highest audience rating of del Toro’s career and the best-scored live-action Netflix movie of 2025 so far.
- Jacob Elordi’s performance as the Creature is drawing Oscar chatter following a 15-minute standing ovation at the Venice premiere.
- Elordi’s transformation required four to eleven hours in the makeup chair with more than 40 prosthetic pieces, underscoring the production’s emphasis on practical craft.
- Coverage highlights a sympathetic, aesthetically striking reinterpretation of the Creature starring Elordi alongside Oscar Isaac and Mia Goth, as some critics lament the limited theatrical window.