Variety
"...[Cronenberg] is expertly able to create some shocking scenes....Visually intriguing..." 08/13/1986Los Angeles Times
"...THE FLY plunges deeper into the forbidding realm of genetic dysfunction with genuinely unsettling results....It unfolds with such eerie grandeur that it will leave you stoked with a creepy high for hours after you've left the theater..." 08/14/1986 p.C1 Total Film
"[T]ouching and humorous." 01/01/2004 p.134-5 New York Times
"THE FLY explores hidden fears of sex and reproduction, but it also allows a tenderness to blossom between Mr. Goldblum and Ms. Davis that is touching and exceptional in his work." 10/18/2005 p.E3 Empire
"[T]his is a perfectly structured film....Typical of Cronenberg is the combination of graphic sickness and good humour that accompanies Brundle's metamorphosis..." 05/01/2008 p.161 Ultimate DVD
5 stars out of 5 -- "Davis delivers one of her finest performances....It's easy to see how this masterpiece established Cronenberg as a bastion of the body-horror genre." 05/01/2008 p.83 | 
