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Young Frankenstein

1974

Mel Brooks

Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman ...

7.6

36,878

Comedy. Horror An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that he is not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Mel Brooks is home with 'Young Frankenstein,' his most disciplined and visually inventive film (...) a loving commentary on our love-hate affairs with monsters (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Adam Smith Empire	"A marvellously crafted, beautifully shot comedic homage to James Whale’s 1931 classic (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Time Out	"A rather pitiful parody of the Universal Frankenstein movies, taking typically Brooksian liberties with characters and plot"
		Vincent Canby The New York Times	"Some of the gags don't work, but fewer than in any previous Brooks film that I've seen"

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