You know that family-friendly computer-animation is a box-office winner when every studio has its own animation wing. Here, it’s MGM getting in on the act with the animated adventures of everybody’s favorite hunchbacked science partner, Igor (that’s EE-gor, not EYE-gor). A little odd to hear John Cusack voicing the title character, although after flops like The Martian Child and Grace Is Gone I’m guessing he figured an easy paycheck job in a likely hit would make it easier for him to churn out more Ice Harvests, so more power to him. That says, this looks like it might be a fairly painless kids’ movie, with plenty of “don’t judge a book by its cover” sentiments in the Shrek tradition- although hopefully, not as much bodily-function humor.
