TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

mattkratz This was a good combination of jokes and sight gags. It starts off with a hilarious scene at a restaurant and never lets up. Groucho Marx plays a manager who has to back a pompous opera star and pay him $1,000 a night to sing. Any fan of the Marx Brothers will love this. My favorite scenes include the opening scene, the tearing up of the contract ("There ain't no sanity clause!"), the scene where there are too many people in the small room, the line "I almost made the opera," and the "showdown opera" scene at the end. If you love the Marx Brothers or just need an introduction to their movies-this is the perfect one for you! By the way, the opera at the beginning is "Pagliacci."**** out of ****

Robert J. Maxwell A gem. The Marx brothers go to the opera and help two singers -- Alan Jones and Kitty Carlisle -- become stars. The plot is otherwise too screwy to lay out.Margaret Dumont plays her accustomed role as the dowager burdened with lots and lots of money. There's a minuscule scene in an opera box that illustrates Groucho's deep devotion to Margaret Dumont. The two are seated and someone else enters the box and begins a conversation with Dumont. That exchange is the focus of the scene. Yet, in the background, almost blurry we see Groucho at once turn and begin whispering to the young girl in the next box. She looks appalled and her escort snatches her away. Groucho quickly pivots back to Dumont as if nothing had happened.The jokes are too many too recount. Probably the most popular is the stateroom scene but I get more of an arousal jag out of the brothers driving the police sergeant, Emit O'Connor, nuts by shuffling beds around from one room to another while he tries to understand what's happening and meanwhile the apoplectic cop is moaning and pulling out what's left of his hair.The final scene at the opera is full of pratfalls and dangerous acrobatics until it settles down into a straight duet from Il Travatore.

LeonLouisRicci Much Thought and Trepidation went into the Decision by the Marx Brothers and MGM as to Why such a Great Film like Duck Soup (1933) was a Flop. MGM's Thalberg Insisted it was the Incoherence and the Lack of Plot that Audiences Required and the Marx's went Along with Him and His Formula. The Rest is History.This Film Became the Brothers Biggest Hit and Sustained Their Career. Thalberg May have been Right, and the Moviegoers of the 1930's Liked a Lot of Singing and Dancing with Their Comedy, but Truth be Told. It was just a Fad. In Retrospect the Dated Love Songs and Romantic Subplots are Hardly the Reason Anyone After the Fact went Back to View these Comedic Gems. Today, Blasphemous as it May Be, it is Common for Modern Audiences to Say, "I fast forward through the Songs." So it is the Zany Brothers that Make These Things Classics. Their Irreverence, Timing, Wit, and Overall Hilarious Routines that Make a Marx Brothers Movie. In this One They Even Make Opera Somewhat Tolerable. It is Considered One Their Best and Some Say it is the Best. Along with Duck Soup it is the One that is Universally Touted as the Cream of the Brothers Crop.The Opera, is in Fact, a Great Place for the Marxes to be Unleashed as They Rip it to Shreds Along with Contracts and Clothes. It is a Slick Film that Groucho Said is His Favorite.But for Pure Marx Brothers Without the MGM Mix of Music and Romance…Some Prefer Duck Soup as Well as Some of the Others Done at Paramount.

utgard14 While I personally prefer the Marx Bros' Paramount films, this one is probably the best of their MGM work. It features some of their most famous bits. The contract scene between Groucho and Chico ("Party of the first part...") and the stateroom scene are comedy classics. There are tons of great lines throughout. Groucho's zingers are hilarious, as usual. It's not all good, though. The terrible singing numbers from Allan Jones and Kitty Carlisle leave a lot to be desired. The Marx Bros' comedy works best when it's a free-for-all, with rapid-fire jokes and one gag after another. The more they included forced romantic subplots and musical numbers, the slower the pace was. Still, the comedy is superb. Watch and enjoy the laughs. Just be prepared to fast-forward through the Jones/Carlisle scenes.