A Night at the Opera
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Movie Reviews of A Night at the Opera
Movie Review: "That's okay, there's no ink in the pen either."
Summary: 5 Stars
The Marx Brothers dismantle an opera company, and LA TRAVIATA will never be the same. Much of it takes place aboard a ship sailing to America, the best scene being where about 50 people try to pile into a tiny stateroom. Other highlights include the first 10 minutes of the picture where Groucho and Harpo try to finalize a singer's contract as they lierally rip parts of it out; Harpo swinging among the scenery ropes; and the Brothers disguised as famous aviators who have to give a speech before a welcoming crowd in NY. The songs, unfortunately, are awful, and Groucho and Kitty Carlisle as the lovebirds is beyond corn. I rank this one third best after DUCK SOUP and HORSE FEATHERS. Definitely worth a watch.Movie Review: Timeless, one of the Greatest ever
Summary: 5 Stars
This is simply one of the greatest comedies ever made. The Marx Brothers are manic in this incredible farce concerning an opera company, an ocean voyage, a love story and of course Groucho wooing, mooching etc Margaret Dumont.
The sight gags are fantastic and the music is of a higher quality then just about all of their others.
The supporting cast does a great job and the shipboard stateroom scene is worth the price of admission.
This is one of the best investments you will ever make as it is impossible to get sick of this picture or of the humor within it.
Buy it at once!
Movie Review: One of the Marx Brothers Best!
Summary: 5 Stars
Mrs. Claypool wants to put on an opera to make her way in high society and Mr. Driftwood plans to spend as much of her 8 Million dollars as he can by accommodating her. The gags fly as well as the Marx Brothers! Margaret Dumont uses Groucho to make her place in society when it is apparent to everyone that he is just using her money, he even states it. What makes the movie so special isn't the two lovebirds or the story, but how the Marx Brothers work together and create gags. It is very special. Apparently Irving Thalberg was an MGM executive who understood them and allowed them to work.Movie Review: NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Summary: 5 Stars
Certainly one of the finest Marx Brothers comedies, which are themselves among the finest Hollywood productions, with script by George S. Kaufmann. The three characters are admirably seconded by Margaret Dumont, the unflappable grande dame, and the great character actor, Herbert Gottlieb. Kitty Carlisle [Hart] and Allan Jones do a wonderful duet ALONE.
It is no wonder that T.S.Eliot, when he met Groucho, could only talk about this film.
Movie Review: A Night at the Opera
Summary: 5 Stars
This, the first and best of the team's MGM releases, features more focus on plot, musical numbers and romance than their earlier, wonderfully pure Paramount outings, but the results are still first-rate, with a splashy MGM production and a well-balanced romantic subplot (featuring a lovely young Carlisle) complementing some of the team's zaniest antics, including that immortal stateroom scene, and the impromptu baseball game during the opera.