This is another one not to take too seriously. This is Mel Brooks' very best, and there is not one off performance in this entire movie. Most of the humor is in the tiny gestures and facial expressions the cast is so good at, and the broad humor - like the sexual inneuendo - is so slapstick and silly that even the blusher in my family thinks it's hilarious. Hardly a week goes by without a reference to this movie in our household. It breaks my heart that so much of this cast is gone now. On my darkest days just the thought of Madeline Kahn singing The Battle Hymn of the Republic cracks me up.

This movie is HILARIOUS!! It mocks horror movies, but is not scary at all. The monster is friendly and lovable, and there are so many funny bits, like the horses freaking out when Frau Blucher is said, the "Don't put the candle back" scene, and the "HE WAS MY BOYFRIEND" part. This is not a great movie for young kids, because though it is not scary, they would not understand the jokes, and wouldn't think it was very funny. I would say that anyone over the age of 9 would understand enough of the jokes to like it. It's a fantastic movie, and anyone who can read this should see this movie.

I'm not really sure as to what can be said for this timeless classic mockery of 1930s horror films. The only concern I have for showing this movie to my own children is simply that they won't get it. Some of the jokes are pretty easy to figure out, but if you're not acquainted with Boris Karloff or Bela Lugosi, this movie won't be as funny. Chances are, your kids will not be familiar with Irving Berlin's "Puttin' On The Ritz", parodied by Wilder and Boyle. As far as I'm concerned, what sexual innuendos exist will likely go over their head (as first seeing this when I myself was 8 years old, I didn't get them either). If you're familiar with Mel Brooks' films, this film is very mild by comparison to Blazing Saddles, Robin Hood: Men In Tights, or even Spaceballs, for that matter. It's rated PG and if you've read what Common Sense Media has to say about it, there's really not much else that I can add.

Very funny...but quite a few sexual references. Only for kids 11+