Gifted neurosurgeon Dr Fredrick Frankenstein is visited by a man who tells him that his late Grandfather had left him everything in his will. Dr Frankenstein soon finds himself in Transylvania and the old family castle, somewhere he never thought he would find himself. Well it’s not too long before he is picking up where his Grandfather left off, grave robbing and attempting to create life!
Young Frankenstein, unfortunately, has not aged quite as well as some of Mel Brooks other films. There are some very good moments, but there is a lot that is sadly by today’s standards not that funny. It may be that most of the gags have been done to death, although Mel was probably the first to do it. Gene Wilder is his usual brilliant self and along with Marty Feldman as Igor they are probably the main reason to watch. Sadly it was ok, but not great.
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