Young Frankenstein

Pros: Teri Garr, Feldman, Wilder, Boyle, supporting cast, direction, music
Cons: None

Young Frankenstein is Director Mel Brooks’ funniest and best film.

On a roll following critical acclaim and box office success for his Western spoof, Blazing Saddles, Brooks was allowed by 20th Century Fox a budget of $2.8...

Pros: Funny, entertaining movie with good cast.
Cons: Nothing for me. Could be too silly for some people.

In the last several years, I have started to watch more scary movies, including some of the old black and white monster movies. Some of them have been remade or at least been inspiration for newer movies. Young Frankenstein borrowed some ...

Pros:

Very funny and spoofs the old horror movies wonderfully...

Cons:

... some might find there to be too much innuendo in this movie

Young Frankenstein< b> is Mel Brooks' inspired pastiche of the black and white horror films of yesteryear. Shot in black and white itself, Young Frankenstein< b> stars Gene Wilder as Dr Frederick von Frankenstein (pronounced ...

Pros: A top-notch cast. A brilliant script. Funny and well-done.
Cons: None

A few nights ago, while I was watching Jeopardy after dinner, our local ABC affiliate aired a commercial for the upcoming Disaster Movie, one of those "new wave" spoof movies that seem to be always written by a committee of six or more ...

Pros: very funny
Cons: three decades old

Back in '74, when it was first released, Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein was considered one of the hippest comedies of the day. Its release, like its lines, presents a textbook case of comic timing at its best. If 9/11 made Finding Nemo a delightful ...

Pros: Some scenes; acting
Cons: Some scenes; one important plot point near the end

I've only seen a couple Mel Brooks films.  I basically enjoyed them, but I found the double entendres a turn off.  I'd been hearing so much about Young Frankenstein recently that I decided to give it a try when I found it on TV.  ...

Pros: Extremely funny with great performances by Wilder and Feldman
Cons: Partially falls apart at the end

Spoof movies are a dangerous breed. When they succeed, they can be some of the funniest films around. However, when they fail, there’s nothing more embarrassing. To create a good spoof film, you really need an expert to be at the helm. If you see ...

Pros: Funny, Funny, FUNNY!!
Cons: None

Ah, yess… this is the week for me to once again watch some of those great old movies that have, over the years, become staunch favorites. A couple of days ago, it was The Big Red One, a 1970s vintage World War II movie starring Lee Marvin and a...

Pros: One of the funniest comedies of all time!
Cons: Absolutely none.

Directed by Mel Brooks

Adapted from the original novel by Mary W. Shelley by Gene Wilder

For my 200th review, I wanted to do a review on something special. This was hard because I have reviewed most of my favorite old classics, my...

Pros: Mel Brooks at his funniest and best.
Cons: No cons in this monster.

When writing, it's a general rule to try to avoid the clichés. That's not new or groundbreaking. I mean: we don't need to be told that we "need to get a life". We don't need to be told that so-and-so boy band is "awesome!” We don't need to be told,...

Pros: Hilarious performances from Wilder, Feldman, Boyle particularly, terrific script, fine direction
Cons: Umm...just got to see new scenes on DVD this year?

Mel Brooks masterpiece just gets better and better with each passing year. It is such a side-splittingly funny comedy that many people overlook what an amazingly crafted film it is. While perhaps not pound-for-pound as funny as The Producers or Blazing...

Pros: A terrific farce.
Cons: Mel Brooks himself is underused

Imagine my astonishment that no one else has yet deigned to review Mel Brooks' 1974 classic "Young Frankenstein," filmed in glorious black and white (perhaps to ensnare fans of the original).  Of course, this is not the greatest cultural ...

Pros: A little more plot than most Mel Brooks spoofs but still ilarious!
Cons: Was in black and white for effect--necessary but disappointing.

Gene Wilder, Young Frankenstein, begins the movie as a dedicated traditional scientist who vehemently denounces any merit to his grandfather's work in recreating life in dead tissue. Wilder is masterful in this one. His character has innocence, ...

Pros: Hilarious story, fabulous dialogue, excellent cast.
Cons: What are you, crazy?

Over the years, I have lost count of the number of times I have watched this movie. Never, ever, will I pass up an opportunity to allow this exceedingly funny and talented cast to make me laugh aloud.

Young Frankenstein is the story...

Pros: Gene Wilder, Teri Garr, Marty Feldman and ensemble cast; art direction
Cons: A few cheap jokes (but this is Mel Brooks, after all)

I was reluctant to first see this film back in the mid-70s because I had grown up in love with the old Universal horror movies and felt a spoof would offend my purist regard for the genre. By the time Gene Wilder drove a scalpel into his thigh in the...