It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

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.

Young Frankenstein was one of those 1930's films that seems to grasp the type of comedy that only that of Gene Wilder can create...except it was made in 1974! Originally filmed for black and white the cinematographer Gerald Hirschfeld, wanted to give the audience the feel of being in the 1930's. The film captured this by not only originally coming out in black and white but also doing full black fade outs in between scenes and1930's style of opening credits, a rarity for the 1970's. It was amazing to watch a "talkie" comedy filmed as if 30 years older. I believe that in todays Hollywood, filmmakers rely too heavily on special effects and less on the magic of what the film could be.

Blazing Saddles is outstanding. This is better. Movies just don't get much funnier than this one. I'd give this an 11 if I could. It has some eye candy, a fantastic cast AND it's more fun than a roll in zee hay. This is a must see for just about everybody. It really is just that good. I can watch this yearly.

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.