priceturner Buoyed by Gene Wilder's wonderful performance and Mel Brooks' extatic direction. Young Frankensteinstein is a comedic and fantastical film classic. At first I didn't see the big deal, I'm a huge Mel Brooks fan and I personally got more laughs out of Blazing Saddles and Spaceballs, but I realized this is not only a parody of Frankenstein, it's also a sweet omage and loveletter to the original that could've only been made by Brooks and Wilder. This is also one of the best cast films I've ever seen from Feldman to Leachman to Boyle to Garr. If you're a fan of comedy and classic monster films give this classic a watch.

Osmosis Iron Probably the best Mel Brooks movie, and that is saying something. Full of classic scenes that parody classic scenes, but somehow are sometimes even more classic.. almost every joke works, all characters are funny and the atmosphere is spot on! ..Igor is one of my favorite comedic characters of all time!

Jared Curtis Young Frankenstein is macabre genius. The performances in this movie are odd and brilliant, from the townspeople and constable to Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman (both of whom absolutely steal the show), with really odd, strange, dry-yet goofy humor pushing the story along beautifully. My favorite part of this film is it's premise. The idea of Dr.Frankensteins grandson going mad following in his footsteps is a very original one, and I really enjoyed it. It's also one of the first movies in a long while that I can tell went over my head. Very few of the jokes are delivered in a way where it's obvious that they're jokes, they kind of just fit into the movies overall conversational tone between characters; the best example of this being Igor, whose presence in the movie is absolutely fantastic. The biggest problem for me, and I'm aware that it's a personal problem, is that when a joke is too obvious, I feel like it kind of breaks the tone that was already established, and therefore it doesn't get a laugh out of me. I also feel as if the monster is maybe introduced a tad too late, and I'd like to see more of him in the film as he is very entertaining. However, this is all really negligible. This is the type of spoof movie that all others should try to imitate, subtle and original, and able to stand up on its own without having much prior knowledge of the original, and is entirely worthy of its classic status. 8.8/10

Charles Herold (cherold) For me, this is certaily Mel Brooks' best, funniest movie. To be fair, this is in part because I watched all the old 40s monsters movies it was parodying. This makes scenes like the one with the blind man extra funny because they are so close to the original scenes. Perhaps the people who aren't as enthusiastic as I am about this just haven't seen Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein (if you haven't seen Bride of Frankenstein, you have not full lived life).The cast is amazing. Everyone is incredible, but Marty Feldman manages to still outshine everyone else. Everything he says and does is hilarious.The movie is full of great gags (whinnying horses, movable hump) and set pieces (the life-or-death game of charades, Putting on the Ritz). The cast is clearly having a blast, giving the movie the feel of old-school burlesque comedy. The filming is amazing. The lighting and camera work are exactly* like in the originals; I wouldn't be surprised if they used vintage cameras to film it all. Few movies show this degree of loving recreation. I could not love this movie more. For me, it is one of the all-time great comedies alongside Holy Grail and The Hudsucker Proxy.