O Nosso Amigo Frankenstein

I used to have this movie on tape, but since then have taped over it. But this was one of those old tv movies that was actually funny! Not many tv comedy movies have really been this funny since those early 90s....take for instance Encino Woman or Problem Child 3...point in case. The plot of this film? Well, like I said I haven't seen it in years, but what I do remember was that Frankenstein was accidently discovered and thawed out by two college students and they tried to make him fit in with the rest of the students. They called him Frank N. Stein and said he was from a different country...a la Link from Estonia....hmmm....actually maybe that's one of the reasons I found this movie so funny. It really is the same as Encino Man, only it replaces the missing link with a typically horror "villian"....of course we all know Frankenstein (technically the doctor, the monster, of course, didn't have a name....) was just misunderstood, so if he was ever accepted, who knows how he would have acted, right??? If given the chance he could have been taught to be as groovy as everyone else. Frank even got a girlfriend in the movie....the real villian here was the Dean who would later play the Dean in the Eddie Murphy movie, The Nutty Professor, who ended up realizing the student's true origins with the great line...

"Frank N. Stein.....Frank N. Stein..........FRANKENSTEIN!"

*gasp*

This Had Production Designer Mick Strawn.... NUFF SAID!

Seriously, check out Mr. Strawn's fine work...in OTHER FILMS (like Boogie Nights, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 and Nightmare on Elm Street 3 and 4!!(to name a few)

For this one, it is kind of funny in parts, but has some greats on the cast such as Larry Miller and Vincent Hammond!

This was not amazing or fantastic...just a cheesy made for TV movie that might not be worth your time.

So put this bad boy on and leave the room, maybe watch another movie in the other room....or perhaps watch this while you are bathing your cat or washing tomatoes...whatever. If you don't watch it you wont miss much...if you watch it you wont catch anything other than the occasional overwhelming feeling of boredom. But Darn it, look at some of the production design....who doesn't love a toilet seat sculpture!!??