Synopsis:
IGOR is an out of the ordinary movie, somewhat appropriate for the Halloween season, but is not a movie for kids younger than 11 or 12. Although there is a happy ending with an uplifting message in the end, most of the movie talks about evil, evil genius and “evil inventions that torture you, kill you, bring you back to life and then kill you again worse than the first time”. Taking place in a world ruled by an…you guessed it, evil king, the characters seem to accept the idea to always take time in your day for a little torture and embracing evil makes you respected and successful.
The movie starts with IGOR’s background and explains that anyone with a hunched back is an IGOR and badly mistreated. His only option in life is to be the assistant to a mad scientist, however when his scientist blows himself up, IGOR uses the lab to create his own female monster with miss-matched body parts who is friendly to children, loves flowers and is not evil at all. She names her self EVA (misunderstood from evil) and IGOR spends most of the movie trying to brainwash her to be evil, even though she will not even kill a fly. The movie starts to turn about 45 minutes in, where IGOR realizes he might not be as evil as he thought himself to be.
In the end, everyone discovers the world is evil, but you don’t have to be. No matter your societal status, you can still have greatness within you. Stepping on others to get ahead is not going to lead to happiness and even though we are all capable of evil, we can choose to be good.
Parents can expect plenty of name calling, some sexual innuendo, death, talks of murder, torture and detached body parts coupled with some scary scenes and wicked characters. The movie, in truth, seems to desensitize children to images and concepts that are crass, horrific, criminal and socially deplorable. There just does not seem to be enough good to make this a great family film.
