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Summary: Brooks at his Best!
Review: At first, I maybe didn't really want to see this film, just because it was a black and white film. After I saw it, I didn't care.This film is packed with amazingly funny jokes(examples: "Put ze candle back!", "Destiny! Destiny! No escaping that for me!", "Bleucher!", "It's Fronkensteen", and "OH! Ain't got no body... ain't got no body..." For those fans of crazy Brooks humor, this is a full recommendation! First off, Gene Wilder is a perfect actor of the science professor, Frederick "Fronkensteen". Enough said. Acting as his assistant Igor, is Marty Feldman, who is an absolutely terrific choice for that part. He just fits right in. Another honorary mention is Cloris Leachman as "Frau Bleucher", who was Frankenstein's grandfather's boyfriend. Before this, I had only known Leachman as the annoying Phyllis Lindstrom from the Mary Tyler Moore TV series. Yes, it's the same person! Among the other extraordinary actors are Teri Garr, as Frankenstein's female assistant, Madeleine Kahn, as Frankenstein's fiancee, and Peter Boyle as Frankenstein's monster. But, one small thing: Those of you who do not know the ACTUAL story of Frankenstein should either see the movie or read the book first; I tell you, it will make the movie a whole lot more hysterical. Caution to parents, some inappropriate humor. Enjoy the movie! (Rated PG for crude humor and language)
(Rated FIVE STARS by me)
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Summary: Love me? Miss me?
Review: We do love and miss you Madeline Kahn. This is probably Mel Brooks' best movie of all time. Although this movie is a parody of the Frankenstien movie in nature, it is so well done that it almost feels like it could be a sequel. Some of the funniest scenes in the movie are when the jokes are so suttle. The best example is when Cloris Leachman is carrying the unlit candles upstairs. This was something that people use to do in black and white movies (probably so the sets wouldn't catch fire). But the audience expects the candles to be lit, so the mind doesn't think anything of it at first glance. Madeline Kahn works beautifully with Gene Wilder in this movie as his self absorbed fiance Elizabeth who is more concerned with her appearance being ruined than the fact that she won't see her husband to be for a while. The cast also includes Marty Feldman, Terry Garr and Peter Boyle as Dr. Fronkensteen's monster. Mel Brooks proves that a comedy can be sweet without losing any of the humour in the process.
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Summary: Huh? 13th funniest movie ever my butt!
Review: The American Film Institute's 100 Years, 100 Laughs claims that this is the 13th funniest movie ever made. It's not. I'll admit it had a few parts that me laughing. Just Laughing. Nothing in this movie made me laugh so hard I couldn't breath like in Animal House or Scary Movie 3. I don't even think this movie should be in the top 100. The story is a great one that had the potential to be hilarious. Mel brooks didn't do a good job with this movie. Good thing I rented it for .99, I didn't get jipped that much.
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Summary: excellent!
Review: "Young Frankenstein" is a compendium of all kinds of comedy: farce, satire, and parody. (...) Igor (Marty Feldman) consistently plays on words ("Werewolf? Where wolf?"), Inga (Terri Garr) refreshes the meaning of common expressions ("What big knockers!"), and Frau Blucher (Cloris Leachman) is an icon of insider jokes. Gene Wilder portrays the sexier mad scientist, wooing his teasing fiancee (Madeleine Kahn) and humoring his not-so-quick lab assistant (Garr). Satire is the subtler comic element. For example Constable Kemp's (Kenneth Mars) mechanical arm is one of many remarks on "improvements" in medical care and technology (the brains deposit box!).
As a whole, "Young Frankenstein" is the epitome of a comedy. The humor is well crafted, and invigorated by the talents of Wilder, Kahn, Garr, Feldman, Mars, Leachman, and Gene Hackman in his brief scene. A scary comedy, a sexy monster film, and unexpected. The special edition has some hilarious deleted scenes at the end furether showcasing Mel Brooks's wacky imagination.
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Summary: "Roll, roll, roll in ze hay!"
Review: This may just be the funniest movie of all time. Mel Brooks never before (and never again) worked with the tight parameters he did here: gene Wilder actually wrote most of the script, and that plus the use of the old Universal sets and props seem to have kept Borooks's more sophomoric instincts (which have gone overboard in some of his later films) tightly in check. Thus he--and everyone else in the film--is doing their absolutely finest work ever. From Teri Garr "rolling in ze hay," to Kenneth Mars's inspired Police Inspector, everyone in the entire film seems to be working at their most hysterically hilarious. Special mention must be given to Gene Wilder giving one of his most classic performances of his strangled-fury schtick ever ("Put... the candle... back!!!") and to Peter Boyle, for his very poignant and funny depiction of the Monster. But standing above all of the end in terms of sheer brilliance is Madeline Kahn, giving what must be the funniest female performace ever on film as Frankenstein's fiancee and the monster's eventual bride. Unlike everyone else in the film, she's not really parodying anyone other than herself; yet nevertheless her depiction of Elizabeth, the wealthy prude who discovers she's a volcano of passion undeneath, is so funny I'm practically crying almost every time I see this film. There's one brief little scene where she's brushing her hair in her boudoir before the Monster steals into her room and kidnaps her, and for absolutely no apparent reason(which makes the scene all the funnier) she's giving vent to a deeply lusty rendition of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" while brushing out her hair. It is the funniest five seconds in the entire film--and in a film this hilarious that's saying a lot.
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Summary: It Will Make You Scream...With Laughter!
Review: One of Mel Brooks' most fully formed and aesthetically realized films, the comedy YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is a clever amalgamation of classic gothic horror and bawdy burlesque humor. Though it is replete with raucous slapstick and riotous dialogue, Brooks' insistence that his crew recreate the look and aesthetic quality of the Universal horror films of the 1930s--specifically FRANKENSTEIN (1931), BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935), and SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939)--makes the movie as much a loving tribute to those films as a parody of them. The script is outrageously witty yet well-structured and literate, and Brooks' direction is more stylish and restrained than usual, enabling him to extract uniformly excellent performances from his all-star cast. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN will certainly go down in the annals of movie history as co-writer/director Mel Brooks' magnum opus, and it will likely be at the top of the list of accomplishments for co-writer/star Gene Wilder, too. Wilder portrays Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (he pronounces it "FRONK-en-steen"), a bumbling but arrogant med-school professor who, despite his vehement disavowal of his infamous monster-making ancestry, finds himself forced to claim his inheritance of the family's Transylvanian castle. Though he at first plans to dispose of the property, discovery of his grandfather's notebooks stirs the ol' genes and leads him to reconsider. Soon the temptation of forbidden knowledge proves too strong to resist, and Frederick--with help from his assistant Inga (the beautiful Teri Garr), his servant Igor (that's "EYE-gore," played by bug-eyed Marty Feldman), and his housekeeper Frau Blücher (a delightfully over-the-top Cloris Leachman)--sets out to build a monster (Peter Boyle) of his own. Under Brooks' direction, Wilder, Garr, Feldman, and Leachman make an outstanding and outrageously funny comedy ensemble. And Peter Boyle's portrayal of the monster arguably rivals that of Karloff himself. But an equal amount credit for YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN's success should go to the excellent supporting cast. The late Madeline Kahn is at the top of her comedic form playing Elizabeth, Frederick's sexually repressed fiancée. As Police Inspector Hans Wilhelm Friederich Kemp, Kenneth Mars creates a hilarious caricature of SON OF FRANKENSTEIN's prosthetically limbed Inspector Krogh, and though he has only a small part, accomplished thespian Gene Hackman shows off his comedic chops with his hysterical send-up of the blind hermit who befriends the monster in BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN. As mentioned before, Brooks insisted that his crew reproduce the aesthetic feel of the Universal's classic FRANKENSTEIN films, and his crew certainly delivered. Gerald Hirschfeld's beautiful black-and-white cinematography, when combined with Dale Hennesy's production design and Robert De Vestel's set decoration, exquisitely recreates that classic gothic ambiance of the original films, and the haunting music from John Morris provides a perfect underscore to YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN's plot, characters, and imagery. Although copyright restrictions prevented exact duplication of the look of Universal's classic monster--YOUNG FRANKESTEIN is a Twentieth Century Fox film--the character make-up created by Ed Butterworth and William Tuttle that is a breathtakingly skillful and recognizable takeoff on the original. In many ways, Brooks and his crew deliver a film that, though a comedy, aesthetically and stylistically fits right in with Universal's 1930s horror lineup. Even though the DVD from Twentieth Century Fox offers a non-anamorphic widescreen version of the film, the picture is fairly crisp and reveals lots of detail not clearly visible in the previous VHS releases. The disc also has lots of entertaining extras, including a sometimes humorous feature commentary with Brooks, outrageously funny trailers and TV & radio spots, interesting and revealing deleted scenes, and more. In short, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is a funny and loving homage to the golden age of gothic horror films, and it deserves an honored place in the DVD collections of all serious horror fans, especially those who love the old classics of the '30s and '40s.
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Summary: Young Frankenstein
Review: The son of Dr. Frankenstein is trying to find his fathers work and complete it. He travels to Transalvania and meets up with his assistant, Igor. Igor's father worked with Dr. Frankenstein's father a long time ago. One night when Dr. Frankenstein couldn't sleep, he heard a violin noise behind his wall. He found out that there was secret passageway down to a room. He followed the sound of the violin and it led him to a laboratory and in the next room was the violin lying on the table. He realized he was in his fathers secret library. He wanted to finish the work his father never finished, which was to transfer a brain into a dead body and bring it back to life. Dr. Frankenstein asked Igor to get the brain of a specific person. As Igor was in the lab, he dropped the designated brain and just took an abnormal brain thinking it was a person named "Abby."
Dr. Frankenstein added the brain into the head and didn't realize that it was an abnormal brain until the monster had woken up angry. The monster ran out of the house into the village. The only sound that calmed down the monster was the violin playing. Dr. Frankenstein and Igor set up a trap and played the violin to lead him back to the castle. In the meantime the towns people are getting suspicions that there is a monster inside the castle so they come over.
Dr. Frankentstein and the monster were set up to transfer brains and 3/4 of the way in, the towns' people raid into the castle and stopped the transformation. The monster had half of Dr. Frankenstein's knowledge and Dr. Frankenstein had half of the monster's knowledge. They talk the towns people into leaving and they leave. Later that day, Frankenstein gets married to Mrs. Frankenstein and Dr. Frankenstein gets married to his assistant.
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Summary: One of the Best Movies Of All Time!!!
Review: This was a great movie...actually, one of the best! (see review tittle). I don't even know where to begin - so I'll just keep to the basics. This, of course, is a typical Mel Brooks film. For those who aren't familiar with Mel Brooks, some of his credits include "Blazing Saddles", "The Producers", and "Spaceballs" - just to name a few. But 'Young Frankenstein' is by far, his best. It stars Gene Wilder, who plays the mad Dr. Frankenstein...or should I say Fraunkenstein (inside joke). Then we've got Terri Garr, who plays Inga, his assistant and more. Madeline Kahn plays the fiancée, Marty Feldman as eyegor, and Peter Boyle as the monster. To tell you the truth, I think Marty Feldman is the heart of the movie! He's great. Everyone's great really, but Marty, he was the best! When you watch this, it feels like you're watching an actual classic 1930's movie! The film is shot in black and white, and it has a good score. Some of the actual lab equipment used in the original Frankenstein was used in this! And the comedy speaks for itself! I highly recommend! Don't just rent it, by it! I'd go for the DVD. It's packed with special features, like a nice long 'the making of' featurette, outtakes, and deleted scenes.
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Summary: A comedy with brains and heart
Review: Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein" is a remarkable film: it is a spoof of a beloved classic (the original film version of "Frankenstein") which is now a beloved classic in its own right. A fun homage to YF was rendered by the irreverent sci-fi series "Farscape," in which wisecracking lead character Crichton referred to a sinister alien adversary as "Frau Blucher"--the name of Cloris Leachman's YF character. YF is both a spoof and a sequel of the original "Frankenstein" film. It concerns a young scientist (the brilliant Gene Wilder) who is heir to both the name and legacy of the infamous scientist who created a monster from dead human remains. Young Frankenstein takes up the family tradition with outrageously funny results. Several elements combine to make YF one of cinema's all-time great comedies: witty dialogue, deliciously eccentric characters, hilarious sight gags ("Put--the candle--back"), and one of the best comic ensembles ever assembled on film. On top of that, the production design, costumes, and make-up brilliantly evoke the classic Hollywood "monster movie" vibe. And there's a great humorous song-and-dance sequence for the doctor and his creation. As funny as it is, YF is also a deeply compassionate and humanistic film. Brooks treats his zany collection of characters with genuine affection. "Young Frankenstein" ultimately has a kind-heartedness to match both its intelligence and wit.
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Summary: Suit yourself...I'm easy.
Review: By far the funniest of Mel Brooks' movies. After having seen it at least 35 times, I am amazed that while watching it, I can still find something in the background that I hadn't seen previously. Most people are familiar with the main characters, but I am amazed how many people are unfamiliar with who plays the blind man. (Hint: he played Popeye Doyle in the French Connection) My newest revelation is the name of the magazine Dr. Frankenstein is reading on the train to Transylvania. (The Lancet) Keep looking...you'll see things you didn't see before and wonder how you missed it. And you'll see some quirky things. (Like, how, when throwing 5 darts, does one get thrown backwards, yet when the car is pulling away, there are over 9 darts visible between the 3 tires and helmet of the driver.) Sit back, turn on the DVD and have a cup of Ovaltine and enjoy.
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