Plot: Fredric is the grandson of Victor Frankenstein who was a famous mad scientist that tried to bring the dead to life. One day a solicitor comes to him to tell him that he has inherited his family's estate in Transylvania after the death of his great-grandfather. So he comes to Transylvania where he meets his hunchbacked, bulging-eyed servant named Igor, his assistant Inga and estate's housekeeper Frau Blücher *horses panic* OH KNOCK IT OFF!!! *cleares throat* Anyway, he eventually finds his grandfather's secret laboratory where he finds his grandfather's private journals and becomes convinced that he could bring the dead to life. So he robs the grave of an executed criminal and sends Igor to collect the brain of a dead scientist. But when Igor does so, he accidentally destroys the scientist's brain and so takes an abnormal brain instead. So Fredric, Igor and Inga work together to give the corpse life only find out they created a monster with the brain.
This is a hilarious movie. I mean I've only read the book to actual Frankenstein and I haven't seen the movie (maybe I should) but this is definitely my favorite version of the story being much more light and funny and all that jazz...well it's an understatement to say that it's funny. I mean how they did the acting, or maybe just the design at some points and just the dialogue is just so gosh darn funny! I mean all these jokes...I mean...they're just...some of them you have to rewatch dozens of times, they make you laugh so hard. They where clever, they were witty and you have to love every single one of them. I mean it's just little wonder this got #13 on AFI's list of top 100 funniest films.
Actors/Characters:
Gene Wilder/Dr. Fredric Frankenstein: I really enjoyed this character. Just how he tried to avoid being a Frankenstein, and yet changes his mind and all that jazz was just extremely well done.
Marty Feldman/Igor: Igor was a lot of fun. He was mysterious, silly, energetic, and it's just sad that Feldman didn't live very long after this film.
Peter Boyle/The Monster: He. Was. AWESOME AS THE MONSTER!!!! He displayed being an actual monster so well but just how he expressed some of the things happening to him - especially during the scene with the blind monk (loved that scene) - was just hilarious and extremely well done.
Music: Well that violin theme can get stuck in your head after watching the movie. But what everyone probably remembers most is the classical number of Fredric and The Monster singing and dancing to "Puttin' on the Ritz". Why? Well go watch the movie and find out yourself if you don't know. I'm not going to tell you if you if you haven't seen the movie, do you take me for a monster!?!?!...*clears throat* pardon the pun.
And that's my review for Young Freankenstein. It's a clever, well made hilarious film that will leave you laughing your heart out and altogether finding it an unforgettable film plain and simple.
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