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Splice is a 2009 science fiction horror film directed and written by Vincenzo Natali. The production involves Gaumont and Dark Castle Entertainment, with Guillermo del Toro serving as producer and executive producer. The cast includes Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chanéac, and David Hewlett. Filming took place in Toronto, and the movie was distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix.
The film explores themes of cloning, genetics, and gene manipulation. It has a runtime of 104 minutes and is rated R. The budget was reported as 26,000,000 or 30,000,000, while the box office gross reached 27,127,620. Review scores include a 75% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a 6.7/10 average, and a Metascore of 66. The tagline describes the subject as "not human...not entirely."
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5.9Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to create a new organism. Named "Dren", the creature rapidly develops from a deformed female infant into a beautiful but dangerous winged human-chimera, who forges a bond with both of her creators - only to have that bond turn deadly.
Cast
- Adrien Brody as Clive
- Sarah Polley as Elsa
- Delphine Chanéac as Dren
- David Hewlett as Barlow
- Abigail Chu as Young Dren
- Stephanie Baird as Elsa / PD
Themes
- experiment
- genetics
- dna
- gene manipulation
- genetic engineering
- disturbed
- grim
- genetically modified organism
- absurd
- disgusted
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Ratings
IMDb
5.8/10
105,961 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
75%
Metacritic
66/100
- Year
- 2009
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Horror, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 4 wins & 23 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- biopunk
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- cloning
- Director
- Vincenzo Natali
- Screenwriter
- Vincenzo Natali
- Cast member
- David Hewlett
- Producer
- Joel Silver
- Production company
- Dark Castle Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Tetsuo Nagata
- Filming location
- Toronto
- Duration
- 103
- FilmAffinity ID
- 779787
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.splicethefilm.com
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- Commons category
- Splice (film)
- publication date
- 2010-06-30
- title
- Splice
- distributed by
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- executive producer
- Guillermo del Toro
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 66/100
- capital cost
- 30000000
- box office
- 17010170
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