Young Frankenstein

4.67
    Young Frankenstein
    1974

    Synopsis

    A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.

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    Cast

    • Gene WilderFrederick Frankenstein
    • Teri GarrInga
    • Marty FeldmanIgor
    • Peter BoyleFrankenstein's Monster
    • Cloris LeachmanFrau Blücher
    • Madeline KahnElizabeth
    • Kenneth MarsInspector Kemp
    • Richard HaydnGerhard Falkstein
    • Liam DunnMr. Hilltop
    • Danny GoldmanMedical Student

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Chicago Sun-Times

      Mel Brooks is home with Young Frankenstein, his most disciplined and visually inventive film (it also happens to be very funny).
    • 100

      TV Guide Magazine

      Brooks's most accomplished work, combining his well-known brand of comedy with stylish direction and a uniformly excellent cast.
    • 91

      The A.V. Club

      Young Frankenstein (1974) and High Anxiety are as much loving homage as irreverent spoof.
    • 90

      The New York Times

      As played by Gene Wilder in Mel Brooks's funniest, most cohesive comedy to date, this Dr. Frankenstein is a marvelous addled mixture of young Tom Edison, Winnie-the-Pooh, and your average Playboy reader with a keen appreciation of beautiful bosoms.
    • 80

      Empire

      A perfect example of early Brooks firing on all spoofily comedic cylinders.
    • 80

      Village Voice

      Longer on charm and cheer than on humor of knee-pounding hilarity...the funniest film of the season by default.
    • 80

      The New Yorker

      It isn’t a dialogue comedy; it’s visceral and lower. It’s what used to be called a crazy comedy, and there hasn’t been this kind of craziness on the screen in years. It’s a film to go to when your rhythm is slowed down and you’re too tired to think. You can’t bring anything to it (Brooks’ timing is too obvious for that) ; you have to let it do everything for you, because that’s the only way it works.
    • 80

      Chicago Reader

      More about the myth of Karloff than the monster, this Mel Brooks pastiche is probably his best early film: within limits, it has unity, pace, and even a dramatic interest of sorts.

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