Tag: marx brothers
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The Cocoanuts (1929) Review
The Cocoanuts (1929) Director: Robert Florey and Joseph Santley “Jail is no place for a young fellow. There’s no advancement!” ★★★★☆ As the first feature length Marx Brothers film, The Cocoanuts is a wonderful film filled with classic Groucho zingers and absurd mockery of status quo aristocratic culture. Groucho plays a character named Mr. Hammer […]
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A Night At The Opera (1935) Review
A Night At The Opera (1935) Director: Sam Wood ★★★★☆ The Marx Brothers deliver another classic of comedic cinema with A Night At The Opera. It is a wonderful film filled with many memorable lines from Groucho and crazy hijinks from the brothers as they continue to lampoon bourgeois society. ‘A Night At The Opera’ […]
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Duck Soup (1933) Review
Duck Soup (1933) Director: Leo McCarey “I could dance with you until the cows come home. On second thought, I’d rather dance with the cows until you come home.” ★★★★★ The Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup is a film of enduring delights. Whereas Horse Feathers is a parody of the elite nepotism in higher education, Duck Soup […]
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Horse Feathers (1932) Review
Horse Feathers (1932) Director: Norman Z. McLeod “I don’t know what they have to say.It makes no difference anyway.Whatever it is, I’m against it!” ★★★★☆ Horse Feathers is one of the greatest Marx Brothers films. It was their fourth film, following Animal Crackers, The House That Shadows Built, and Monkey Business. It was also a […]
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Animal Crackers (1930) Review
Animal Crackers (1930) Director: Victor Heerman “One morning, I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don’t know.” ★★★★☆ Animal Crackers is the second movie released by the Marx Brothers and one of their best films in my view (the first was The Cocoanuts in 1928). Animal Crackers was […]
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