Still from IGOR (2008).
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Variety Calls IGOR Mirthless
By: Associate News EditorDate: Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Source: Variety
Variety released an early review of the upcoming CGI animated film IGOR, which opens wide this Friday, and it's not so kind.
Reviewer Justin Chang describes the film has having "belabored gags, misfired pop-culture references and garish visuals" all "crammed together like so many disjointed body parts."
Chang goes on to say IGOR is "deflated by hyperactive bits of business and strenuously unfunny banter -- the cumulative effect of which approximates that of a power drill to the noggin. Characters' obnoxious patter seems unlikely to engage viewers, young or old, at any meaningful level."
He felt "most of the performances fall in the same overbearing register" though "Steve Buscemi puts his cynical, shysterish tones to good use as a rabbit with a demented death wish" and "Jennifer Coolidge supplies welcome comic distraction with an unplaceable accent that should stir affectionate memories of A Mighty Wind" while Molly Shannon conveyed "flickers of feeling as the big, and big-hearted, Eva."
Overall, Chang felt IGOR looked "underimagined and over-stylized, with inconsistent character designs and an excess of glaring red in the pic's color palette" and inclosing he noted, "Igor has the ability to create life; too bad he can't reanimate his movie."
Here is a link to the official site.
So what do you Maniacs think? Will the film be a hit or a flop?
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Sorry, started channeling Dr. F. for a moment there.
I've been meaning to mention this, seeing as how THEIR IGOR is coming out this week. Do I go see it in case I was ripped off?
(My original movie script was in a New York literary agency at that time, and the agent did disappear under mysterious circumstances. I did finally get the script back...a year later.)
Do I not go see it? (In case I'm accused of ripping THEM off?)
Dilemmas, dilemmas.
It's been a week since my comic agent said she liked that draft of my Igor...she still has her decision to make. She may be waiting to see this movie to compare it to the draft on her desk for all I know.
(Apology: For all those who are sick of hearing me go on about this, I'm sorry. Just ignore me. Others with stories to tell understand the problems of this business, I'm sure.)
Besides, mine has Igor and Dr. Frankenstein singing the Kenny Rogers\Dolly Parton hit "Islands in the Stream" on a night of dumping toxic waste in Salt Lake City.