
Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10000. Before Jeff can pay, Carter lets his accomplices steal the money, so he can take over the circus. Antonio Pirelli and Punchy, who work at the circus, together with lawyer Loophole try to find the thief and get the money back.... (Full plot summary below)
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Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10000. Before Jeff can pay, Carter lets his accomplices steal the money, so he can take over the circus. Antonio Pirelli and Punchy, who work at the circus, together with lawyer Loophole try to find the thief and get the money back.
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| Kansas City KansanSteve CrumEven lesser Marx Brothers is hilarious fun. |
| User ReviewJosie JOne of the best Marx Brothers films ever, if not the very best. I had "Lydia" in my head for weeks. |
| User ReviewEric JClassic Marx Bros. schtick and a great foil in Margaret Dumont. Not to be missed. A gem. |
| User ReviewOrlok WEvery laugh is sincere, every joke is harsh and every moment is carefully calculated to the second, and everything hits the target. |
| User ReviewDaniel H:fresh: [CENTER]This is much better than Room Service.[/CENTER] |
| User ReviewPrivate UIt's good, pretty much simliar to Go West in humour, and worth seeing, although it does feel abit tired. |
| User ReviewJacob RWhile often considered 'minor Marx', Circus still moves briskly, is filled with clever comedy bits, and features 'Lydia the Tattooed Lady'--making it still very much worth watching |
| User ReviewDavid Ba lot of fun, but quite disjointed in places and overall the start of their decline |
| User ReviewFrances Ann AAn enjoyable Marx Bros. movie. Their comedy still works after all these years. When the antics were happening the movie flowed quite well. Unfortunately, the musical portions stop the movie in its tracks. While I do enjoy a good musical, the songs are always my least favorite part of a Marx Bros. movie While Lydia the Tattooed Lady is from this movie, and Groucho is fun to watch during that number, the songs with the tenor are of the style of the time, and choreographed simplistically and poorly that they really date the movie. And Harpo playing the Harp is always fun to see, but that number is a complete tangent to the plot. There is enough funny Marx Bros. here to make it worth the wait through the songs, and you could actually fast forward through them to get to the next scene and not have to worry about missing a plot point; they are that unrelated to the rest of the film. Recommend. |
| User ReviewMichael TThis film gets a lot of flak because it's not one of the trinity of great Marx Brothers films (Duck Soup/A Day at the Races/A Night at the Opera). That being said, it's still a laugh riot that's funnier and more entertaining than 95% of what's thrown out of Hollywood these days as comedies. |