The Marx brothers Groucho and Chico play penniless Broadway producers Gordon Miller and Harry Binelli who are trying to keep their play afloat by finding a backer to fund their play and also trying to keep themselves from being thrown out of their hotel at the same time. Which they find many creative ways of staying in the hotel and this causes lot havoc for the hotel manger and supervising director.
Honestly I have no idea about the Marx Brothers nor really cared, although when I saw this movie was on one late night, I just thought what the hell, it won't hurt. Why the sudden change? Well something about the plot outline just made me want to see it and not because of the Marx Brothers. Also going back for some nostalgia humour of the 1930's would be a nice change. I've read many comments claiming that it's not the Marx Brothers best and they were past their peak when this was made, but I couldn't judge myself because of not seeing any of their other films. So really I wasn't expecting much, but I must say that I was thoroughly entertained, even though sometimes the humour didn't hit the mark and some dawdling bumps crop up, but not enough to derail it. At least it didn't bore me, as it made me snigger from time to time. The comical performances were refreshingly engaging, with the likes of the Marx Brothers - Groucho, Chico and Harpo (who somehow reminded me of Martin Short). This comedy trio have a good knack of creating some fairly amusing actions, (chasing a turkey) and their humour flows straight off each other. Other stars that add to the perkiness include Lucille Ball, Frank Albertson, Cliff Dunstan, Ann Miller, Charles Halton and the hilarious Donald Macbride as Wagner the disgruntled Supervising director who just wants the pesky producers out of his hotel. Throughout the film, there is a lot of characters coming and going. One thing that might be hard to take is that most of the film takes place on a couple of set pieces, with about 80% of the action/circumstances being staged in Millar's hotel room, giving it a claustrophobic feel. It isn't particularly packed with comedy routines, as most of the humour it goes for is in the thick dialogue of tightly woven wit and puns. Basically, the light plot is nothing more than a couple of comical episodes stringed together. It starts off incredibly slow but when it gets going, it's a delightful screwball comedy that's filled with enthusiastic performances, bright dialogue and zany sketches.
In all, it's nothing but awkward fun!
Honestly I have no idea about the Marx Brothers nor really cared, although when I saw this movie was on one late night, I just thought what the hell, it won't hurt. Why the sudden change? Well something about the plot outline just made me want to see it and not because of the Marx Brothers. Also going back for some nostalgia humour of the 1930's would be a nice change. I've read many comments claiming that it's not the Marx Brothers best and they were past their peak when this was made, but I couldn't judge myself because of not seeing any of their other films. So really I wasn't expecting much, but I must say that I was thoroughly entertained, even though sometimes the humour didn't hit the mark and some dawdling bumps crop up, but not enough to derail it. At least it didn't bore me, as it made me snigger from time to time. The comical performances were refreshingly engaging, with the likes of the Marx Brothers - Groucho, Chico and Harpo (who somehow reminded me of Martin Short). This comedy trio have a good knack of creating some fairly amusing actions, (chasing a turkey) and their humour flows straight off each other. Other stars that add to the perkiness include Lucille Ball, Frank Albertson, Cliff Dunstan, Ann Miller, Charles Halton and the hilarious Donald Macbride as Wagner the disgruntled Supervising director who just wants the pesky producers out of his hotel. Throughout the film, there is a lot of characters coming and going. One thing that might be hard to take is that most of the film takes place on a couple of set pieces, with about 80% of the action/circumstances being staged in Millar's hotel room, giving it a claustrophobic feel. It isn't particularly packed with comedy routines, as most of the humour it goes for is in the thick dialogue of tightly woven wit and puns. Basically, the light plot is nothing more than a couple of comical episodes stringed together. It starts off incredibly slow but when it gets going, it's a delightful screwball comedy that's filled with enthusiastic performances, bright dialogue and zany sketches.
In all, it's nothing but awkward fun!