Metacritic reviews

As a remake, The Fly transcends the original, taking it in new directions and exploring its underutilized potential.

The Fly is that rare species of movie - a remake that far surpasses the original and, quite frankly, all expectations. [15 Aug 1986]

David Cronenberg's The Fly is that absolute rarity of the '80s: a film that is at once a pure, personal expression and a superbly successful commercial enterprise. [15 Aug 1986]

What makes The Fly such a stunning piece of obsessive film making is the way Cronenberg deftly allows us to identify with his monstrous creation. [14 Aug 1986]

A gross-your-eyes-out horror movie that is also the year's most poignant romance.

The Fly is a mass-market, horror- film masterpiece that is also a work of art; it is the very movie the timorous feared "Aliens" would be - a gruesome, disturbing, fundamentally uncompromising shocker that accesses the subconscious. [15 Aug 1986]

David Cronenberg's remake of the 1958 horror classic The Fly is not for the squeamish. Casting Jeff Goldblum was a good choice as he brings a quirky, common touch to the spacey scientist role.

It's an interesting experiment Cronenberg's attempted, if ultimately in the wrong direction.

A film that tries to be too many things at once - funny but not campy, sad and scary, a horror story and a human tragedy

This picture is disgusting. [15 Aug 1986]