Insanely funny; this brilliant war/political satire is stuffed like a goose full of one-liners, visual gags, accents, and hilarious set-pieces.

The Marx Brothers: everything the Three Stooges were not. I've only seen a couple of theirs, but this is my favorite.

I agree that the 'mirror' scene is legendary and rightfully so, but the rest was just straight out not funny. Not by today's standards anyway, and I am having a hard time imagining it being funny by 1933's standards. But I guess anything is possible. It has a lot of positive comments and ratings here on Criticker, a spot on IMDb's Top 250 list, and it's praised by a lot of respectable critics that I generally agree with. I just don't see what all the fuzz is about.

Loved the vivid use of puns and the satire. Though most of the dialogues seemed staged and unnecessary. It seemed like they did try too desperately to be funny with some insults, well its not my cup of tea even though I like sarcasm. On second thought, the mirror scene and the lemonade scene were true LOL moments.

The Marx Bros define madcap zaniness.

A very funny fim that is incredibly original. I didnt like the last 15 minutes or so. The war scene... just didnt work for me. Great film none the less.

This Marx brothers comedy is a tremendous improvement over the primitive, silent film sleeping pills of Keaton and Chaplin. It is well-paced and engaging, even by modern standards, and some of the scenes are legitimately funny. At the same time, it suffers from both poor editing (lots of discontinuous cuts in the middle of a scene) and a bunch of hokey, kitsch elements that simply don't work nowadays. It deserves respect for advancing the genre, and being one of the first decent comedy films.

Mistake - In one scene, Harpo squirts the lemonade seller with lemonade, but seconds later his shirt is completely dry.

Not the rip-roaring laugh-per-second riot some make it out to be, but nonetheless an entertaining and fun movie. I appreciate the talent of these guys, and a handful of the gags/lines did make me chuckle.

Stripped of anything except pure comedy, Duck Soup throws so many jokes and gags around that you'll have to like at least some of them.

A great last 20 minutes that were a bit rushed, and a slow first 40 bar a few funny scenes. Would have been better with more war in it. Good stuff though

Rapidly funny.

Ok, this just ain't my bag. Some parts, such as the famous mirror gag and some of the hat shuffling stuff with the lemonade salesman, worked for me, but for the most part I just didn't find it all that funny. Very consistently, it was the physical and visual comedy that worked, while the endless quips, jokes and insults bored me. There's a lot to admire about the craft on display in this film, but I prefer what I've seen from Chaplin and Buster Keaton over this.

The most immortal of the Marx Brothers' madnesses. McCarey makes some comic coherence out of the outrageous puns and sight gags.

You'll get a lot of laughs between Groucho's fast-talking wisecracks and Harpo's slapstick, but the plot loses focus and just feels like an ADD-fueled machine as it goes on. At least it was short.

Without any logic. But totally hilarious at times.

100

How cam you not love this?

The family guy probably took a hint or two from this one

My favourite Marx Brothers' film