Pretty good
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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.
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Eightythreeyearoldguy — 14 years ago(May 25, 2011 11:43 AM)
I'll have to see this again. My memory is that it was very minor for the Marx Brothers. However, it was the first of theirs I ever saw. It was years later before I had the privilege of seeing their earlier films.
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stanleybix-1 — 11 years ago(April 09, 2014 12:42 AM)
The Nazi guy was Sig Rumann, one of their greatest "foils", in a some of their best films. A great actor in a multiple profusion of roles. He was a kind of German Edgar Kennedy (slow burn, humorous angst). I think the clothes packing scenes in this movie
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markweinreb — 11 years ago(March 07, 2015 07:28 PM)
Nope just watched the movie..a night in Casablanca..a lot of the sticks are from the othermarx brothers movies and the whole plane thing is not Marx brothers. Best moves were duck soup, Animal crackers,coconuts (also hotel theme) and horsefeathers. This movie looks like they needed money at the end of their career ala chicos debts. But Groucho's dialogue still funny in parts