Young Frankenstein (1974)
Average Rating: 8.5/10
Reviews Counted: 49
Fresh: 46 | Rotten: 3
Made with obvious affection for the original, Young Frankenstein is a riotously silly spoof featuring a fantastic performance by Gene Wilder.
Average Rating: 8.1/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 0
Made with obvious affection for the original, Young Frankenstein is a riotously silly spoof featuring a fantastic performance by Gene Wilder.
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Average Rating: 3.8/5
User Ratings: 184,198
Movie Info
Lending his burlesque touch to 1970s genre revision, Mel Brooks followed his hit "western" Blazing Saddles with this parody of 1930s Universal horror movies. Determined to live down his family's reputation, Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (co-screenwriter Gene Wilder) insists on pronouncing his name "Fronckensteen" and denies interest in replicating his grandfather's experiments. But when he is lured by Frau Blucher (Cloris Leachman) to discover the tantalizingly titled journal "How I Did It" in his
Dec 15, 1974 Wide
Nov 3, 1998
20th Century Fox
Cast
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Gene Wilder
Dr. Frederick Frankenst... -
Peter Boyle
Monster -
Marty Feldman
Igor -
Teri Garr
Inga -
Madeline Kahn
Elizabeth -
Cloris Leachman
Frau Bluecher -
Gene Hackman
Blind Hermit -
Leon Askin
Herr Waldman -
Oscar Beregi Sr.
Sadistic Jailer -
Lou Cutell
Frightened Villager -
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Liam Dunn
Mr. Hilltop -
Danny Goldman
Medical Student -
Richard Haydn
Herr Falkstein -
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Monte Landis
Gravedigger -
Arthur Malet
Village Elder -
Kenneth Mars
Inspector Kemp -
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Richard Roth
Insp. Kemp's Aide -
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All Critics (49) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (46) | Rotten (3) | DVD (17)
Wilder's hysteria seems perfectly natural. You never question what's driving him to it; his fits are lucid and total. They take him into a different dimension -- he delivers what Harpo promised.
More about the myth of Karloff than the monster, this Mel Brooks pastiche is probably his best early film.
For a really delightful parody, James Whale's own Bride of Frankenstein is far better value.
It shows artistic growth and a more sure-handed control of the material by a director who once seemed willing to do literally anything for a laugh. It's more confident and less breathless.
Some of the gags don't work, but fewer than in any previous Brooks film that I've seen, and when the jokes are meant to be bad, they are riotously poor. What more can one ask of Mel Brooks?
Young Frankenstein emerges as a reverently satirical salute to the 1930s horror film genre.
Top CriticThus funny, well acted parody of Unievrsal horror films of the 1930s is without a doubt Mel Brooks' best picture.
Brooks' corniness yields plenty of belly laughs.
This is a fine horror film that also turns (miraculously) into an existential tale of man's fear of abandonment
Say this for Brooks - he saw women as comedic equals, and they continually proved him right.
A deathless comedy classic [Blu-ray]
Most of the gags were juvenile.
...an unswervingly funny yet loving and beautifully crafted homage, something more artful and lasting than the usual pull-my-finger farce or focus-grouped Scary Movie lowballer.
Bug-eyed Marty Feldman steals the show as Igor, pronounced 'Eye-gor'.
Hey, our man Brooks never claimed to have good taste. Bless him.
Mel Brooks caught comic lightning in a bottle in 1974 with his appropriately black-and-white spoof of James Whale's 1931 classic horror film.
One of Mel Brooks' best films.
Mel Brooks' annus mirabilis was 1974...
Mel Brooks at his hysterical peak.
Never struck me as funny, but it's well put together.
The film, spoof and worship all in the same breath, wouldn't be nearly so effective if the mocking weren't so loving...
Brooks's most accomplished work, combining his well-known brand of comedy with stylish direction and a uniformly excellent cast.
Audience Reviews for Young Frankenstein
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- Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: It's alive!
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- Elizabeth: Taffeta, darling.
- Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Taffeta, sweetheart.
- Elizabeth: No, the dress is taffeta. It wrinkles so easily.
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- Igor: What hump?
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- Blind Hermit: [as the monster runs out the door.] Wait. Where you going? I was going to make espresso.
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- Igor: My grandfather use to work for your grandfather. Of course the rates have gone up.
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- Igor: Dr. Frankenstein?
- Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Frokensteen.
- Igor: You're putting me on.
- Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No, it pronounced, 'Frokensteen'.
- Igor: Do you also say Froaderick?
- Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No... 'Frederick.'
- Igor: Well, why isn't it 'Froaderick Frokensteen'?
- Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: It isn't, it's 'Frederick Frokensteen'.
- Igor: I see.
- Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: You must be Igor. [he pronounces it ee-gor.]
- Igor: No, it's pronounced 'eye-gor.'
- Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: But they told me it was 'ee-gor'..
- Igor: Well, they were wrong then, weren"t they?
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Foreign Titles
- Frankenstein Junior (FR)
- El jóven Frankenstein (ES)
