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Information
- Year
- 1932
- Runtime
- 68 min.
- Director
- Norman Z. McLeod
- Genres
- Romance, Comedy, Musical
- Rating *
- 7.7
- Votes *
- 8,936
- Checks
- 2,969
- Favs
- 180
- Dislikes
- 21
- Favs/checks
- 6.1% (1:16)
- Favs/dislikes
- 9:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
A fourth wall-breaking Groucho becomes university president and tries to fix its football team in Horse Feathers, and of course he's gonna need the help of the rest of those agents of chaos, the Marx Brothers. As can be expected, it's total lunacy, with the occasional musical interlude to showcase the Brothers' various talents (sadly, the sound on Harpo's leaves something to be desired, but the film isn't in the best of shape). There were moments where the onscreen confusion made it hard to track, others were my knee got some good, hearty slaps, and I was mostly amused. I don't know if it's been too long since I've watched a Marx Bros. flick, but Harpo seemed more insane than usual. Chico gets some good bits in. Groucho's "I'm Against It" is a fun song. Zeppo is definitely in it. The plot's actually a bit more straightforward than many later efforts, but I was afraid it wouldn't actually have crazy football shtick when the big game started with stock footage. I needn't have worried. What Harold Lloyd's character did accidentally in The Freshman, the Brothers do on purpose here and more besides. 4 years 7 months ago -
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jacktrewin
i love that this is in the Sport category! pretty funny film though, doesn't hit the target as much as duck soup 12 years 9 months ago
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