Igor-Kids Movie Review

The movie is about an ambitious lab assistant, Igor, who wants to become a mad scientist, and wants to win the first place in the annual science fair.

Rating: Three out of five popcorn buckets.
Release Date: January 20, 2009
MPAA Rating: PG
Best Age Group: 6+
Sexual Content: Mild
Violent Content: Moderate
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
Drugs and Alcohol Content: Mild

See the trailer here!

Talking Points:

Igor intended to invent a monster, but instead he invented Eva, who’s a sweet, gentle woman. At one point Eva gives Igor, and his two friends, Scamper and Brain, a gift. Then Igor feels bad that he didn’t have anything for her, so he ends up finding a necklace, and gives to her. It’s a very touching part in the movie.

Eva’s character is a light and refreshing part of the movie.

There are some funny parts, jokes that adults will get about Hollywood.

There’s a good message, Igor says “Everyone has an evil bone in their body, we choose whether to use it or not.” Eva says, “ It’s better to be a good nobody than an evil somebody.” Eva makes a decision to refuse the evil power that she’s tempted by.

They idealized evil, which is not good for kids to see: The did it in a cartoonish way. In this country of Malaria, evil is good. The King’s motto is, “The way to succeed is to do evil.”

Sexual Content: Mild

• The evil doctor’s assistant throws herself on top of Igor, and passionalty kisses him.

• Heidi wears some low cut dresses.

Violent Content: Moderate

• Some kids may find it to be scary because when an experiment failed, there was smoke, lightening, loud noises. The Evil Science Fair there were violent, mechanical monsters fighting.

• The evil scientist, Dr. Schandenfreud, was unpleasant to his girlfriend, he called her big mouth, and pushed her around. He typically won the science fair because he stole the other scientists inventions.

Crude or Profane Language: Moderate

• “Idiot” and “fool” were used.

• The d-word is used several time throughout the film.

• “What the…” is said.

Drugs and Alcohol Content: Mild

• It’s implied that a couple of characters are drinking alcohol.

Some parents my not like the movie because of the emphasis on evil. On the other hand, some parents may hope that their kids will understand the message, that being a good person is better than being a bad person. The movie may encourage some good family discussions about good and evil.

Back to DVD Reviews!

It's only fair to share...

Facebook

Twitter

Linkedin