Duck Soup [VHS]

Duck Soup [VHS]
by Leo McCarey

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Actor: Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Margaret Dumont, Zeppo Marx
Director: Leo McCarey
Cinematographer: Henry Sharp
Editor: LeRoy Stone
Producer: Herman J. Mankiewicz
Writer: Arthur Sheekman
Writer: Bert Kalmar
Writer: Harry Ruby
Writer: Nat Perrin
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
Running Time: 68 minutes
Release Date: 1992-03-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Universal Studios
Studio: Universal Studios

VHS Movie Reviews of Duck Soup [VHS]

Movie Review: 2.5 stars out of 4
Summary: 3 Stars

The Bottom Line:

I know it's sacriligious to even hint at this, but I don't think Duck Soup is a very good film: its "anarchy" means it has no real plot, Harpo's antics are no more clever than much of what Jim Carrey does, and even the immortal Groucho delivers his witticisms in a flat and perfunctory manner--it says a lot about the film that its best gag (the mirror scene) was stolen from Charlie Chaplin.

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Summary of Duck Soup [VHS]

For those who love the Marx Brothers (Animal Crackers, A Night at the Opera), that this movie is side-slappingly funny is a given. For those new to the Marx Brothers, this is the perfect introduction to Groucho, Chico, and Harpo (and even Zeppo), three of the funniest men to ever grace the screen. Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho) is the dictator of the small nation Freedonia. The country is a disaster, in financial disrepair, and the wealthy Mrs. Teasdale (Margaret Dumont) is its benefactor and the object of Firefly's shrewd affection. When the leader of the neighboring Sylvania decides he's in love with Mrs. Teasdale, Firefly declares war. The movie, from 1933, is tremendously satirical, a play on politics and war. (As Firefly says to a hapless young solider, "You're a brave man. Go and break through the lines. And remember, while you're out there risking your life and limb through shot and shell, we'll be in be in here thinking what a sucker you are.") Full of witty lines, great sight gags, and even some snazzy song numbers ("Freedonia's Going to War" is the hilarious declaration of battle), this is surely one of the best--if not the best--the Marx Brothers have to offer. --Jenny Brown

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