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Avg. Critic Score: 40 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
6 OK for kids 6+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 63
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    If Mel Brooks were to team up with Tim Burton, the result might be something like the loony and colorfully tantalizing animated film Igor. Read full review

  • 50
    The Hollywood Reporter |

    Although the visuals tantalize and the actors providing the voices add a lot of sass, the result is only so-so. Read full review

  • 50
    Washington Post |

    Though it has clever moments, it doesn't come close to the polished animation, wit and originality of the big green guy (Shrek). Read full review

  • 50
    New York Daily News | Joe Neumaier

    Sparky voice performances and heart make up for this family film's theft of Tim Burton's sensibility. Read full review

  • 50
    Entertainment Weekly |

    The visuals are a kick; the groan-inducing dialogue isn't. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Peter Hartlaub

    In style and tone, Igor seems more like a short from the adult-oriented "Spike & Mike's Festival of Animation." Read full review

  • 40
    The New York Times | Jeannette Catsoulis

    An animated twist on the Frankenstein story that never sparks to life. Read full review

  • 38
    Boston Globe | Janice Page

    You can't blame John Cusack for jumping at the chance to play Igor. Read full review

  • 30
    Variety | Justin Chang

    With its belabored gags, misfired pop-culture references and garish visuals crammed together like so many disjointed body parts, this manic kidpic cranks up the annoy-o-meter early on and rarely lets up. Read full review

  • 30
    Los Angeles Times |

    One of those fever-pitched computer-generated whizbangs in which every character spits out lines like a caffeinated Catskills comic. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says OK for kids 6+ Mad-scientist comedy is fine for younger kids.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that, like most animated films, ads for this movie have been targeting the 5-and-up set on television. You don't have to worry about any age-inappropriate language, sexuality, or commercialism, but there are a few episodes of mild peril and cartoonish violence: Evil scientists' monstrous creations fight each other and at one point lose control and threaten the inhabitants of Malaria (the kingdom where the movie takes place). The musical Annie is featured prominently, so don't be surprised if kids want to see it afterward.
  • Families can talk about the movie's messages. Why is it so out of the ordinary for Igor to want to be a scientist? How do others' expectations affect the way we behave and the way we see ourselves? Families can also discuss how this film fits into the monster-movie genre. What does it have in common with movies about Frankenstein and the hunchback of Notre Dame? How is it different? Kids: If you could create a "monster," what would it be like?
The good stuff
  • message true3 Positive messages: The movie's message is that just because people think you're a monster doesn't mean you to have meet their low expectations -- and that we can all choose to rise above and be good.
What to watch for
  • violence false3 Violence and scariness: Monsters wreak havoc, mostly against other monsters. The rest of the world is threatened by a yearly onslaught of monsters. An immortal suicidal rabbit seriously injures himself, knowing he can't die. An evil scientist is crushed, and another one dies in an explosion.
  • sex false1 Sexy stuff: A buxom woman flirts with evil scientists; two characters fall in love.
  • language false1 Language: Mild insults: "idiot," "stupid," "failure," etc.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: References to Inside the Actors Studio and Annie.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false0 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Not an issue
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