A Night at the Opera (1935)
Directed By: Sam Wood
Written By: George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind
Starring: The Marx Brothers: Groucho, Chico and Harpo
Length: 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Well, here we are. Another Marx Brothers movie, another night of disappointment. I really wish I loved these movies like most others do, but they just don't do it for.
Every Marx Brothers movie has that one scene that I love. In this movie, it was everyone cramming into Groucho's room on the ship. Just like the fake mirror scene in Duck Soup, it's a gag I've seen countless times, but the Marx Brother's 'new to me' scene was still really funny.
But just like the rest of the Marx Brothers movies I've seen, the rest of the movie was...you know, okay. Nothing really bad, but nothing remarkably funny. It was just....you know, okay. Some of the opera scene gags during the climax were really funny, some were yawn-worthy.
Zeppo was not in this movie and no one noticed. And Harpo is still the funniest Marx Brother.
My Rating: 6 / 10
IMDB Rating: 7.9 (30k votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 97% Critics (67-2), 91% of Audience (20k votes)