Directed by Paul McGuigan («Sherlock,» «Lucky Number Slevin») from a script by Max Landis («Chronicle»), the film is told from the perspective of Igor Strausman (Radcliffe), a brilliant protégé of radical scientist Victor Frankenstein (McAvoy) who shares his mentor's noble vision of aiding humanity through their research into immortality. (cbr.com)
They point beyond the familiar and prosaic to a higher and more noble vision of the Christian life. (firstthings.com)
The meritorious are sometimes tragically unlucky; the evil prosper; good ideas don't pan out, and sometimes those who backed them, however noble their vision, lose their shirts. (firstthings.com)