Very strong Romantic, immoral worldview overall with strong overt humanist elements about a woman, her husband and frien, who were major founders of the Romantic movement in England, who make decisions according to their emotions and lusts, and who believed Nature was essentially divine and rejected the idea of God’s existence, and accepted the belief that man is basically good (although title character knows and discovers that humans are not essentially good), and discussions of atheism (title character’s parents were atheists, who believed in open marriage, and so was her husband, but title character eventually rejects open marriage), plus movie has a feminist agenda wherein title character’s mother became a leading figure in the feminist movement before and after her death, but the daughter (though following in her mother’s feminist footsteps) rejects promiscuity in favor of monogamy and partly realizes the destructiveness of an immoral lifestyle Content:ĭominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements: Media-wise moviegoers should take note of this defect. Despite her realization, MARY SHELLEY the movie has many non-Christian, immoral elements that are excessive and unacceptable. Eventually, Mary realizes their lifestyle has led to bad, even tragic, consequences. However, the lifestyles of these people are highly immoral and contain Romantic, humanist elements. Into this mix, the movie references the Romantic era in England that Mary, her lover and eventual husband, and their famous friends helped create. It also inserts an appropriate Gothic atmosphere through striking visuals and music. MARY SHELLEY accurately captures Mary’s life. Meanwhile, however, Mary finds her own voice as an acclaimed writer, even though people at first believe a woman can’t write as well as Mary does. Later, they escape financial ruin and debt while Mary experiences devastating loss and loneliness. Mary’s love for the famous married poet, Percy Shelley leads to a broken relationship with her father. MARY SHELLEY is a movie revealing the complexities, pain, and brilliance of the woman who funneled her short 18 years of life experience into the creation of her masterpiece, the novel FRANKENSTEIN.

MVP* by John Shelley