***They like their protagonists to be young and good-looking, something that is true of almost every character in the movie with the exception of Dr. Frankenstein’s mean old dad, who pops up to tut-tut his son and is played, in a neat bit of casting, by Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister of "Game of Thrones" fame.)
http://www.richmond.com/ap/entertainment/article
http://www.richmond.com/ap/entertainment/article
***Don’t blame Radcliffe too much. He does his nice boy routine well enough. And McAvoy should be commended, I suppose, for not going all Johnny Depp on us. He’s simply boring, not annoying. Charles Dance walks into the apartment for one scene, in what reeks of a studio note to "bring some gravitas into this thing, for God’s sake". But as we know, when something’s dead, it’s dead, and nothing can bring it back.
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/24/victor-Frankenstein
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/24/victor-Frankenstein
***There’s a crucifix-packing Scotland Yard detective (Andrew Scott) who smells the "roots of an evil, sinful mischief." And a disapproving Frankenstein-the-elder (Charles Dance, fatherly menace incarnate).
http://rogersmovienation.com/2015/11/24/movie-review-victor-frankenstein/
http://rogersmovienation.com/2015/11/24/movie-review-victor-frankenstein/
***...and Charles Dance in a brief appearance as Victor’s father, who shows up to establish the latter’s – you guessed it – tragic backstory.
http://screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/
***The excellent veteran Charles Dance has a few bombastic scenes as Frankenstein’s ironhanded father. Each actor seems to be trying to out-crazy the others.
http://www.startribune.com/review-this-victor-frankenstein-is-a-loser/353162891/
http://www.startribune.com/review-this-victor-frankenstein-is-a-loser/353162891/
***The same goes for Frankenstein’s relationship with his father (Charles Dance), a respected doctor, who appears in one scene to berate his son and to let us know that Victor used to have a brother, for whose death Victor feels guilty.
http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/victor-frankenstein/
http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/victor-frankenstein/
***Charles Dance makes an appearance as Frankenstein’s father, but this character seems to only be an excuse to have Dance in the film.
http://www.dailyuw.com/arts_and_leisure/
http://www.dailyuw.com/arts_and_leisure/
***Charles Dance makes an all-too-brief brief appearance as Frankenstein’s haughty, disapproving father.
http://www.fmoviemag.com/victor-Frankenstein
http://www.fmoviemag.com/victor-Frankenstein
***The ever-elegant Charles Dance had a strong cameo as Victor's father.
https://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/11/27/15/
https://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/11/27/15/
**Oh, and Charles Dance appears for about two minutes, yells at Victor, then is never seen from or mentioned again. Charles goddamn Dance.
http://www.deadbeatspanel.com/victor-frankenstein-review/
http://www.deadbeatspanel.com/victor-frankenstein-review/
***There are some other great actors in here too, although some of them get very little screen time, and I mean a bizarrely small amount. Charles Dance is in here, and while he’s great (as usual), he’s only in one scene, but that’s nothing compared to Mark Gatiss, who has no lines.
http://thirdactfilm.com/victor-frankenstein-review/
http://thirdactfilm.com/victor-frankenstein-review/
