▁ex ter iors ▁... ▁and ▁so ▁the ▁picture ▁poss esses ▁a ▁cheap , ▁cla ust roph ob ic ▁feel ". ▁ ▁The ▁acting ▁has ▁drawn ▁mixed ▁reviews . ▁While ▁Em ery ▁writes ▁that ▁the ▁film ▁is ▁" filled ▁with ▁awful ▁acting ▁and ▁even ▁worse ▁rock ▁& ▁roll ▁dance ▁numbers ", ▁when ▁it ▁comes ▁to ▁a ▁major ▁character , ▁" Dr . ▁Fran ken stein ▁was ▁never ▁sl im ier ▁than ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁port rayed ▁by ▁Donald ▁Mur phy ". ▁He ▁describes ▁Oliver ▁as ▁" part ▁mad ▁scient ist , ▁part ▁I vy ▁League ▁j erk " ▁and ▁says ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁le cher ous ▁and ▁hum orous ▁characters ▁to ▁bear ▁the ▁legend ary ▁doctor ' s ▁name ". ▁S enn ▁is ▁also ▁favor able ▁toward ▁Mur phy ' s ▁acting , ▁writing ▁that ▁he ▁" g ives ▁a ▁heart y ▁performance ▁as ▁the ▁ar rog ant , ▁brilliant ▁Oliver . ▁He ▁im b ues ▁his ▁sc orn ful ▁scient ist ▁with ▁a ▁superior ▁air ▁and ▁a ▁wealth ▁of ▁passion ". ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁" h ero ▁John ▁Ash ley ' s ▁ton eless ▁playing ▁adds ▁to ▁the ▁production ' s ▁wo es . ▁His ▁dead pan ▁delivery ▁and ▁imm obile ▁count en ance ▁are ▁so ▁st iff ▁you ▁could ▁light ▁a ▁match ▁on ▁them ". ▁ ▁Di abol ique ▁magazine ▁wrote ▁that ▁Ash ley ▁" g ives ▁a ▁solid ▁leading ▁man ▁performance ... ▁it ’ s ▁not ▁particularly ▁memor able ▁work ▁but ▁is ▁ground ed