
The country of Freedonia is in the middle of a financial crisis and on the brink of revolution. In order to gain a bail-out from the wealthy Mrs Teasdale, the government appoints Rufus T Firefly as its president. However, Mr Firefly shuns the pomp and pretentiousness of government; along with the prudence and rationality of it too. Meanwhile, the neighbouring country of Sylvania is plotting to overthrow Freedonia and sends Pinky and Chicolini to spy on Firefly. War seems inev... (Full plot summary below)
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The country of Freedonia is in the middle of a financial crisis and on the brink of revolution. In order to gain a bail-out from the wealthy Mrs Teasdale, the government appoints Rufus T Firefly as its president. However, Mr Firefly shuns the pomp and pretentiousness of government; along with the prudence and rationality of it too. Meanwhile, the neighbouring country of Sylvania is plotting to overthrow Freedonia and sends Pinky and Chicolini to spy on Firefly. War seems inevitable.
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| Senses of CinemaMichael KollerDuck Soup is indisputably the Marx Brothers' greatest film. |
| New York TimesMordaunt HallA production in which the bludgeon is employed more often than the gimlet. The result is that this production is, for the most part, extremely noisy without being nearly as mirthful as their other films. |
| Common Sense MediaCharles CassadyNonstop classic Marx Bros. mayhem kids will love. |
| Not Coming to a Theater Near YouMatt BaileyThe film's humor might be broad and low, but sometimes a bludgeon is just funnier than a gimlet. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonDuck Soup is the closest thing to pure anarchy on film. |
| Film Freak CentralWalter ChawThe last time the Marxes were allowed to be completely lawless and eternally centre-stage. |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaMelhor longa da carreira dos irmãos Marx, o filme é uma verdadeira metralhadora giratória, disparando diálogos precisamente construídos e gags físicas inesquecíveis com uma rapidez invejável ainda nos dias de hoje. |
| The ListEmma SimmondsA comedy classic that boasts some of Groucho's prickliest zingers and the pinnacle of Harpo's mirthful mischief. |
| Radio TimesTom HutchinsonThe funniest of the Marx Brothers pictures ... |
| Groucho ReviewsPeter CanaveseFor all its wild comic abandon, Duck Soup has darker implications than the usual Marx Brothers comedy and, as such, feels the most relevant and sharp in its satire. [Blu-ray] |