Saturday, November 29, 2008

Review: `Igor’ gives hunchbacks a bad name

Dr. Frankenstein himself could not revive “Igor,” an animated comedy about a hunchbacked lab assistant playing at mad scientist. A potentially original premise and an eager voice cast led by John Cusack and Molly Shannon are left to decay amid a clunky story vaguely reminiscent of “Monsters, Inc.” and a clutter of cartoon images often resembling visuals rejected from “Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride.” Director Tony Leondis (”Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch”) and screenwriter Chris McKenna take

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