Pretty good
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Baravelli_the_ice_lady — 20 years ago(July 03, 2005 11:02 AM)
A complete waste of time, exept for the last 20 minutes.
Yeah, but the last twenty minutes are a scream, aren't they?
See, that's the difference between pre-
Day at the Races
and post-
Day at the Races
movies: the earlier ones are hysterical
films
while the later ones are good films with hysterical
moments
.
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darksorcerer — 16 years ago(August 19, 2009 04:18 AM)
Thats wrong.. it is in NOW WAY harpos real hair.
Harpo was completly bald early in life and if you have seen photographs of him around the time of the movie. he has no hair.
Even Groucho who is alot younger then him was going bald then.
The wig is a bad choice it makes harpo look even older aswell.
You can also see he was going bald in the Animal crackers film (as now viewable on UTUBE is an outake scene with harpo and NO WIG and he doesnt have much hair even then)
By the way.
I love this movie. i only recently saw it and being a fan of the marx brothers movies all my life and only just finding a copy of this film, i am in no way dissapointed.
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Baravelli_the_ice_lady — 20 years ago(August 26, 2005 02:18 AM)
why always only the last 20 minutes?
Because the last twenty minutes are a hectic, mad, frenzied dash that seems to reflect the Marxes' humor better than the stuff at the beginning.
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teejay6682 — 19 years ago(January 05, 2007 10:05 PM)
i think room service is the best of the post-day at the races marx brothers films that are considered to be not so hot. i think it's all enjoyable not just the great last 20 minutes. this one was decent. harpo parts and groucho trying to get the girl were the best bits.
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rogueforte — 19 years ago(February 10, 2007 08:37 PM)
A Night in Casablanca
is actually my favorite Marx Brothers movie. Unlike the other 'classics', ANIC is the most evenly funny throughout. Where all of the others have classic bits, they also have long sections that just drag, making you wait for the good stuff.
ANIC, OTOH, is just plain funny throughout without any waiting for the funny parts. Even the musical interludes hold your attention, probably because they're soley the province of the brothers without interference from any lame singers.
ANIC really doesn't get the respect it deserves. It should be right up there with
A Day at the Races
and
A Night at the Opera
as one of the Marx' best efforts. It's a shame it gets overlooked as something less than their other, so-called 'classics'. The early Paramount movies are really nothing more than their vaudeville act being filmed. The later Marx' movies (particularly ANIC) are 'real' movies.
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TooDarnLoud — 17 years ago(January 14, 2009 07:14 AM)
Looks like i'm in the minority then. I thought this was an awful Marx Brothers movie. Every scene felt forced and Groucho wasn't being witty, just sarcastic. A lot of the comedy falls really flat apart from a few scenes with Harpo and Chico and the story is just really boring.
Still, gotta love the musical sections with Chico and Harpo though. As always
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max-marble — 17 years ago(February 18, 2009 06:24 PM)
morphindel-1, I had pretty much the exact same reaction to this film that you did. It's just dull and not funny at all. And I love just about all of the Marx Brothers' other movies.
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drjohnhwatson — 17 years ago(January 29, 2009 08:40 PM)
yeah, i really liked some scenes in this movie. like when theyre making the nazi think he's losing his mind XD<3 they throw his stuff out and hide in his closet and move things aroundi laugh the entire time during that scene!
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JackOLantern372 — 16 years ago(July 23, 2009 11:03 AM)
this movie is right up there with my favorite Marx bros. films. The very long and well played out scene of them messing with the nazi guy is great and reminds of A night at the opera when they are moving the beds from room to room.
WHERE!? I DON'T LIKE LIZARDS!- Charlie Kelly.