Rating: PG
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 09/19/2008(USA)
Release Date: 01/20/2009
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DTS/DD5.1
Run Time: 86 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children, Scary Moments
Distributor/Studio: MGM
John Cusack leads an all-star voice cast featuring
Jay Leno,
Molly Shannon,
John Cleese,
Jeremy Piven,
Steve Buscemi, and
Jennifer Coolidge in this computer-animated
comedy about a gifted scientist who happens to have been born with a most unfortunate deformity.
Igor (voice of
Cusack) may have been born with a brilliant mind, but unfortunately everyone around him is too distracted by his pronounced hunchback to notice. Forced to serve as a lowly lab assistant to nefarious scientist
Dr. Glickenstein (voice of
Cleese),
Igor longs for the day he will become a mad scientist, take top prize at the Evil Science Fair, and finally win the heart of village vixen
Gretchen. Every year, mad scientists from all of the local villages converge on Malaria to compete in the annual Evil Science Fair -- an event that always features an abundance of death rays, earthquake generators, and man-eating plants. This year,
Igor's village manages to take the top prize, too. But despite the fact that his lab receives a substantial government reward, the king confiscates the invention to be used in Malaria's defense program. Unlike the other Igors, this hunchbacked genius longs to change the world in ways his master could have never imagined, and when
Dr. Glickenstein dies just two weeks before the latest Evil Science Fair,
Igor seizes the opportunity to shine.
Carefully covering up
Dr. Glickenstein's death,
Igor enlists the aid of angry brain-in-a-jar
Brian and insecure re-animated rabbit
Scamper to create an enormous, hideous creature of unparalleled strength. Trouble arises, however, when the creature turns out to be a female monster with a heart of gold. Unable to comprehend the concept of evil, the creature believes that
Igor has named her "
Eva," and longs for the day she will become a respected actress. With the Evil Science Fair fast drawing near,
Igor has just two weeks to turn
Eva the sweetheart into
Evil the rampaging nightmare. Now, in order to win the competition,
Igor works tirelessly to convince
Eva that the Evil Science Fair is actually an audition for a twisted stage version of
Annie, and that in order to win the lead role she must immerse herself in the evil character and never reveal her inner goodness. But as the "rehearsals" get underway, the nosy villagers come snooping around the castle, the malevolent
Dr. Schadenfreude schemes to claim
Eva as his own, and
Igor slowly starts falling in love with his creation while realizing that life as a mad scientist may not be so glamorous after all.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
;)
