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Igor (2008)

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Reviews Counted:85

Fresh:30

Rotten:55

Average Rating:4.8/10

Consensus: With an animation style that apes Tim Burton, and a slew of cultural references that aren't clear enough to reach the crowds, Igor's patched together antics make it hard to see who the film is trying to please.

Australian Rating: PG [See Full Rating] Mild themes and violence

Runtime: 87 mins

Genre: Childrens

Australian Theatrical Release:
Jan 8, 2009 Wide

US Box Office: $19,420,496

Synopsis: In a land of mad scientists and diabolical inventions, what do you do when you’re born with a hunch on your back? You become an Igor. A hilarious twist on the classic monster movie, "Igor"... In a land of mad scientists and diabolical inventions, what do you do when you’re born with a hunch on your back?

You become an Igor.

A hilarious twist on the classic monster movie, "Igor" tells the story of one Igor who's sick of being a lowly lab assistant with a Yes Master's degree and dreams of becoming a scientist. When his cruel master kicks the bucket a week before the annual Evil Science Fair, Igor finally gets his chance.

With the help of two of his experimental creations - Brain, a brain in a jar who's a little light on brains, and Scamper, a cynical bunny brought back from being road kill, Igor embarks on building the most evil invention of all time, a huge, ferocious monster. Unfortunately, instead of turning out evil, the monster turns out as Eva, a giant aspiring actress who wouldn't hurt a fly.

Just when the load on his back can't get any heavier, Igor and his band of monstrous misfits uncover an evil plot that threatens their world. Now, they must fight to save it and prove that heroes come in all shapes and sizes.

Featuring the voice talents of John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Jennifer Coolidge, Arsenio Hall, Sean Hayes, Eddie Izzard, Jay Leno, James Lipton, Molly Shannon and Christian Slater, "Igor" is the must-see family comedy of the fall.

Igor is directed by award-winning animation veteran Tony Leondis (Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch) and written by Chris McKenna ("American Dad!"). Exodus Film Group CEO John D. Eraklis produces along with seasoned animation executive and Exodus president Max Howard who has collaborated on such animated blockbusters as Disney's Lion King and Aladdin, and Warner Bros.' Space Jam and The Iron Giant. --© MGM [More]

Starring: John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Jennifer Coolidge

Starring: John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Jennifer Coolidge, Arsenio Hall, Sean Hayes, Eddie Izzard, Jay Leno, James Lipton, Molly Shannon, Christian Slater

Director: Tony Leondis

Director: Tony Leondis
Screenwriter: Chris McKenna
Producer: John D. Eraklis, Max Howard
Composer: Patrick Doyle
Studio: MGM

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Ultimately the film can only dream of having the magic, personality and charm of the Tim Burton efforts it so obviously plagiarises

Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
10/06/08
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons
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Igor sends up all sorts of cliches, but -- by degenerating into a mawkish romance and a boring race against time -- it also becomes one.

Full Review Source: FILMINK (Australia) | comment Comment
01/08/09
Mark Demetrius
Mark Demetrius
FILMINK (Australia)
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Igor celebrates a defiantly adolescent and suitably caricatured vision of mortality with the potential to have adults and special young malcontents in stitches.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
01/15/09
Eddie Cockrell
Eddie Cockrell
Sydney Morning Herald
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A fun time-killer for kids aged tween and up...

Full Review Source: The Age (Australia) | comment Comment
01/16/09
Jim Schembri
Jim Schembri
The Age (Australia)
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If you are the type that wishes filmmaker Tim Burton still put his name to funky animated monstrosities like The Nightmare Before Christmas, then Igor will fit the bill just nicely.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph (Australia) | comment Comment
01/08/09
Leigh Paatsch
Leigh Paatsch
Daily Telegraph (Australia)
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With a curly twist on the mad scientist concept, this subversively inventive animation bubbles over with originality and amusing dialogue.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
12/19/08
Louise Keller
Louise Keller
Urban Cinefile
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It’s a strange, dark little film with suicidal rabbits and brains in jars, stunted heroes and Frankenstein-like objects of love.

Full Review Source: At the Movies (Australia) | comment Comment
12/19/08
Margaret Pomeranz
Margaret Pomeranz
At the Movies (Australia)
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Mark Bazer
Mark Bazer
Boston Phoenix

Igor tries to spoof Mary Shelley just as Shrek did the Brothers Grimm, but something tells us this movie's charmless hero won't make an ogre-size impression on kid audiences. Call it a hunch.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
09/17/08
Adam Markovitz
Adam Markovitz
Entertainment Weekly

A modest do-gooder trying to pretend that its not Cartoonland's most direct attack of the Bush administration.

Full Review Source: I.E. Weekly | comment Comment
09/19/08
Amy Nicholson
Amy Nicholson
I.E. Weekly

This dark-toned animation borrows its style from Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride without adding much of its own to the macabre mayhem.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
10/17/08
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

This is what happens when you combine THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS with SHREK. It should have been called DRECK!

Full Review Source: Sin Magazine | comment Comment
10/06/08
Austin Kennedy
Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine

It is not visually stimulating.

Full Review Source: At the Movies | comment Comment
11/06/08
Ben Lyons
Ben Lyons
At the Movies

I just didn’t think there were anywhere close to enough laughs in this movie and that ultimately, as a comedy, is what it’s got to deliver.

Full Review Source: At the Movies | comment Comment
11/06/08
Ben Mankiewicz
Ben Mankiewicz
At the Movies

Igor has charm but misses a grand opportunity to evoke the world of James Whale when it would rather crib blatantly from Tim Burton.

Full Review Source: Sci-Fi Movie Page | comment Comment
09/18/08
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
Sci-Fi Movie Page

Tim Burton, have you misplaced your sketchpad? Because I think Igor found it.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment 1 Comment
09/19/08
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Igor? No. More like Ibore.

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment 2 Comments
09/19/08
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

It's fatally split between catering for children who won't understand most of the references, and adults who will find it garish and relentlessly noisy.

Full Review Source: Daily Mail [UK] | comment Comment
10/17/08
Christopher Tookey
Christopher Tookey
Daily Mail [UK]

[Y]oung viewers [who] like a mix of slapstick and watered down scares they'll have a fine time. Adults will be left rolling their eyes and checking their watches.

Full Review Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette | comment Comment
09/19/08
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

A potentially original premise and an eager voice cast led by John Cusack and Molly Shannon are left to decay amid a clunky story vaguely reminiscent of Monsters, Inc. and images often resembling visuals rejected from Tim Burton's Corpse Bride.

Full Review Source: Associated Press | comment Comment
09/17/08
David Germain
David Germain
Associated Press
 
 
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