Young Frankenstein: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 1 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 47 reviews

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Vincent Canby New York Times (Top Critic)

80

Some of the gags don't work, but fewer than in any previous Brooks film that I've seen, and when the jokes are meant to be bad, they are riotously poor. What more can one ask of Mel Brooks?
Full Review » 9 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

100

It shows artistic growth and a more sure-handed control of the material by a director who once seemed willing to do literally anything for a laugh. It's more confident and less breathless.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Don Druker Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

More about the myth of Karloff than the monster, this Mel Brooks pastiche is probably his best early film.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Variety (Top Critic)

Young Frankenstein emerges as a reverently satirical salute to the 1930s horror film genre.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Scott G. Mignola Common Sense Media

100

Brooks' corniness yields plenty of belly laughs.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Dan Jardine Slant Magazine

87

This is a fine horror film that also turns (miraculously) into an existential tale of man's fear of abandonment
Full Review » 2 years ago
Josh Larsen LarsenOnFilm

100

Say this for Brooks - he saw women as comedic equals, and they continually proved him right.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Peter Canavese Groucho Reviews

100

A deathless comedy classic [Blu-ray]
Full Review » 4 years ago
Dennis Schwartz Ozus' World Movie Reviews

50

Most of the gags were juvenile.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Mark Bourne DVDJournal.com

...an unswervingly funny yet loving and beautifully crafted homage, something more artful and lasting than the usual pull-my-finger farce or focus-grouped Scary Movie lowballer.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Geoff Andrew Time Out

For a really delightful parody, James Whale's own Bride of Frankenstein is far better value.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Michael Ferraro Film Threat

100

Full Review » 6 years ago
Chuck O'Leary FulvueDrive-in.com

67

Bug-eyed Marty Feldman steals the show as Igor, pronounced 'Eye-gor'.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Phil Villarreal Arizona Daily Star

100

Hey, our man Brooks never claimed to have good taste. Bless him.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com

92

Mel Brooks caught comic lightning in a bottle in 1974 with his appropriately black-and-white spoof of James Whale's 1931 classic horror film.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Kevin Carr 7M Pictures

100

One of Mel Brooks' best films.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Michael Szymanski International Press Academy

100

Full Review » 7 years ago
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com

80

Full Review » 7 years ago
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

92

Mel Brooks' annus mirabilis was 1974...
Full Review » 7 years ago
Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette

100

Full Review » 7 years ago
John Wirt Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

80

Mel Brooks at his hysterical peak.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Linda Cook Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

100

Full Review » 8 years ago
Jovanka Vuckovic Rue Morgue Magazine

100

Full Review » 8 years ago
Sarah Chauncey Reel.com

20

Full Review » 8 years ago
Jake Euker F5 (Wichita, KS)

60

Full Review » 8 years ago