Igor

IGOR (2008) - June 20, 2009
A mediocre but essentially enjoyable cartoon about a land which is dominated by evil scientists and their Igors (their hunchbacked assistants); one Igor dreams of becoming an evil scientist himself, though he may not be as evil as he thinks he is. The movie is filled to the brim with celebrity voices (it's definitely using the Dreamworks philosophy of cramming in as many celebrities as possible), which works against the film more often than not (many of the casting choices seemed like they were made purely to add another name to the marquee, and after a while the cavalcade of celebrity voices gets distracting). The film is basically entertaining throughout, and the animation is decent enough. It's not exactly Pixar, but it could be a lot worse -- it's not overly juvenile or crammed with random pop culture references like certain Dreamworks cartoons, so that's a plus. **1/2