Yet another one of those "classics" that looks mediocre compared to more modern movies. Slow and plodding. Any plot twists you can see coming a mile away.

It's neat to see all these stars of the 1930 together in a film, especially the Barrymores. The characters and situations, for the most part, are interesting. But the predictable nature of some of the events left me feeling a tad bored at times. Over all though, a pretty entertaining and often times moving film.

Suffers from the star-studded, important picture syndrome, but it still has some fine moments and it moves along at a decent pace.

Sort of nice but I have never understood what the big deal is

MGM does it again. Bringing all their big names together for another all-star extravaganza! John Barrymore is a washed-up drunken actor who's life falls apart bit by bit. John is good, but it's not his best performance. His long scenes tend to drift off to nothing. The life of the show are the couple Wallace Beery & Jean Harlow and grand old lady Marie Dressler in one of her final big roles before passing. Her scenes with Lionel Barrymore are gold. Not a perfect film, but it is a lovely movie!

The Great Depression hits the upper-class in this George Cukor film. It's basically a showcase for actors, working from a well-written script. Marie Dressler comes off best (John Barrymore is alternately great and hammy --he'd fuse those two traits better the following year in Twentieth Century).

While the whole thing never completely comes together, the whole cast is very enjoyable and all the individual parts are very funny.