Igor
Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: September 19, 2008
5.8
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Mixed or average reviews based on 67 Ratings
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10
zoheeJan 17, 2011
Great, yet unfortunately, underrated film. Good laughs, voice talent, art, it was creative, and in all: Thoroughly enjoyable.
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BethesdaM.Sep 19, 2008
Charming animated film that tells us Igor's side of the Frankenstein story. Once in a while, the little guy wins!
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MonaOct 3, 2008
This was a wonderful family film. It is humorous not only for little kids but adults as well. The movie has an interesting and unique plot that develops its character's well. I would recommend this to people who generally like animated This was a wonderful family film. It is humorous not only for little kids but adults as well. The movie has an interesting and unique plot that develops its character's well. I would recommend this to people who generally like animated movies and are looking for a good family fun film.… Expand
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ChadS.Sep 20, 2008
In the tradition of Valerie Martin's 1990 Nebula-award-winning novel "Mary Reilly"(later adapted to the screen by Stephen Frears), an igor, like the nameless servant in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", gets to be In the tradition of Valerie Martin's 1990 Nebula-award-winning novel "Mary Reilly"(later adapted to the screen by Stephen Frears), an igor, like the nameless servant in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", gets to be the protagonist of his own narrative, stepping out, at long last, from being stereotyped, a stock character usually in possession of a low I.Q., who was first seen in James Whale's original "Frankenstein"(there is no mention of Igor in the 1817 Mary Shelley novella). The mad scientist, even in Mel Brooks' parodic "Young Frankenstein", is portrayed as the smartest man in the castle; but "Igor", in the film's most clever conceit, reimagines these mental giants as idiots(Dr. Glickenstein, voiced by John Cleese) and plagiarists(Dr. Schadenfreude, voiced by Eddie Izzard). This igor is like the Will Hunting of igors; he may possess a hump, but he's "wicked smaht", stuck in a malevolent world of chowderheads. Being that there are no igors of the fairer sex, and since he's straight, when Igor(John Cusack) plays God, he creates woman. He creates Kirstie Alley, but this former lab-assistant calls her Eva(Molly Shannon). His monster is an actress; a not-so-inside joke about how all female thespians have the potential to be divas. While "Igor" works as an old-school Hollywood picture about the entertainment biz, like most 3D-animated films not made by Pixar, however, the filmic elements are too post-modernist by half; in other words, too many pop culture references spoil the soup. When the showtunes kick in, it's like watching Tim Burton's take on "Moulin Rouge". But give "Igor" some credit for being insightful about how popular film, historically, and to this day, has a tendency to misrepresent people of all persuasions, in particular, this class of igors. Igor doesn't walk, or talk, the way he's supposed to; the way we're pre-conditioned to accept his kind, as servants, as people on the margins. See what the film is getting at?… Expand
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DaveT.Oct 24, 2008
Maybe a little too clever for the kids, but the girlfriend and I really enjoyed both the corny story and the in jokes. The Burton-esque setting was superb.
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EricR.Sep 17, 2008
I LOVED this movie!! I was lucky enough to be invited to a sneak preview and went with less than great expectations, and was blown away. There are too many 'lairs' to talk about to give the film full credit, but I will say that I LOVED this movie!! I was lucky enough to be invited to a sneak preview and went with less than great expectations, and was blown away. There are too many 'lairs' to talk about to give the film full credit, but I will say that after seeing this film, I want to see it again to catch the jokes I missed when the audience was laughing. And the political sidenotes did not go unnoticed. There was a tough of George Bush in King Malbert, who looks like a cockroach. But more than that, the movie shows a take on good vs. evil in a different light. Sometimes, you need something created out of the ether to show you whats wrong with the world, and Igor discovers those ills via Eva, played by Molly Shannon, who helps in exposing the truth behind malaria and who is in charge. I recommend this movie!!!… Expand
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10
MikeT.Sep 18, 2008
Great movie...very funny w/ good animation.
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BryceL.Sep 20, 2008
Original, cut out the cliches, and was certainly clever, but the comedy was "not laughing through the whole movie funny".
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10
MaryA.Sep 15, 2008
Lucky enough to get tix to the sneak preview! I loved it. Fun to watch...loved the dry,smart, subtle humor. Animation was beautiful. My husband and I keep quoting it and laughing...the sign of great movie!
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ChadM.Sep 15, 2008
I was forced to go to this as a favor to a co-worker who was given preview tickets and didn't want to go alone. Pleasantly suprised.. laughing so loudly that it got awkward! This is a funny one!
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VincentD.Sep 17, 2008
I really enjoyed this movie. The animation, the music score, the writing all worked. The characters were funny and interesting and the voice cast is second to none. My kids liked it also, highly recommended.
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RichardG.Sep 18, 2008
This movie is funny. Good for all ages.
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jelenabiebs31Jan 18, 2016
Really enjoyed this movie. It was a cute new look at the story of the Frankenstein Monster!

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