Young Frankenstein London Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (12)
See it if You enjoy Mel Brooks and silly comedy
Don't see it if You are looking for a serious piece of theatre
See it if you're a fan of Mel Brooks or Universal's classic Frankenstein films.
Don't see it if you want to avoid some dated and sexist jokes relative to Mel Brooks' humor.
See it if Spectacularly funny, rhythmic, and horrifyingly good. Love it when Roll in the Hay scene came on. Lesley Joseph as Frau Blucher exceptional.
Don't see it if Don't like anything to do about Frankenstein
See it if you enjoy Mel Brooks comedy, and are happy with an evening of cheap laughs and silliness.
Don't see it if you want anything deep or spectacular.
See it if you like Mel Brooks humour, great entertainment and lots of fun
Don't see it if you don't like Mel Brooks humour, and take yourself a little bit too serious
See it if if you think misogyny form the 1970's is hilarious
Don't see it if you have a brain Read more
See it if you want a brilliant comedy, that will keep you laughing and smiling throughout.
Don't see it if you’re not a fan of Mel Brooks.
See it if you're a Mel Brooks fan
Don't see it if you're looking for even vaguely intelligent comedy and memorable music or stand out performances that are more than lazy caricatures.
Critic Reviews (10)
I’m awarding it a “mere” four stars because I don’t think audiences should go in over-expectant – and clearly fans will get more out of it than the uninitiated...Very silly and entirely welcome.
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For once, I really did laugh until I cried, not least in amazement that so unapologetically bawdy, lowdown a romp has somewhere along the way acquired a heart.
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Here is a show in a vaudevillian music hall tradition that's very legible to British audiences, steeped as we are in pantomime, yet also executed with real Broadway theatrical aplomb.
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The horror-movie spoof is gleefully reanimated for the stage with even more jokes, superb set-pieces and barnstorming parody songs that stick a pitchfork into good taste.
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This is a wonderful night out, frequently reaching that all too rare comic plateau where it becomes literally impossible to stop laughing. A triumph.
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It’s still madcap, energetic fun...Still, I’m not sure what lightning bolt of inspiration persuaded Mel Brooks to reanimate this musical comedy – it might have been better left for dead.
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Young Frankenstein would be a middling musical even were it not for the Nixon-era sexual politics...the way the show treats women cannot be overlooked.
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Mel Brooks’s musical make-over of his classic 1974 horror movie spoof is deliriously silly and shameless from start to finish. That’s its appeal. It has no aspirations other than to unleash laughter. On that front, the show is a signal success.
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