Thursday, December 25, 2014

Animal Crackers (1930)


Mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.

As usual the Marx Brothers steal the show of an otherwise nearly plotless comedy and entertain with their anarchic wit.

Halliwell***: "An excuse for the Marx Brothers, and a lively one in patches, though sedate and stagebound in treatment. The boys are all in top form, and many of the dialogue exchanges are classics."

Maltin***: "...suffers from staginess and musical comedy plotting, but gives the zany foursome plenty of comic elbowroom."

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