I chuckled a few times, but Fields' slapstick drunk humor never really won me over.

This film is really just about watching Fields yuk it up in a variety of loosely related set-pieces. Luckily, Fields is adept enough to make most of the gags worth at least a chuckle, and occasionally more. A pleasant enough time.

The car chase is classic.

One of my favorite Fields movies. It has all the usual Field comedic scenes plus a good car chase scene. A couple of Fields movies, beer and a tub of popcorn make a great Saturday night.

Fields is brilliant as expected, and one or two of the smaller supporting performances were great (Shemp Howard really wrung out all he could from a tiny, straight role as the bartender and Franklin Pangborn actually got bigger laughs from me than Fields), but most were pretty bad. Especially loathsome was the guy that played Og, he really stunk and you couldn't get away from him. But, yeah, Fields was great and the physical gags were pretty good.

As someone who doesn't find Fields entertaining, this was at least bearable and occasionally made me smirk. He's still a grating character and a lot of the humour falls flat, but at least the movie avoids the most egregious flaw of Fields films, endlessly drawn out jokes.

WC Fields daringly takes a go at early method acting, imbibing voraciously on set between takes in an effort to make his on-screen portrayal of Egbert Souse as mumbly, incoherent, disgusting and uninteresting as possible.

Has a few moments of sheer brilliance, and a few major head scratchers, but I liked it enough.

Haha, it's funny because he's debilitated by alcoholism.

Even though I am not the biggest fan of WC Fields, I thought that this was a very delightful movie. Several funny gags involving slapstick humor with a little girl had me rolling. Some pretty funny stuff with the rest of his family as well. Got a bit of a kick seeing Shemp Howard in this as he was known for greatness as a member of the Three Stooges. A simple story with some good laughs make this a very watchable film.

Dated but charming in the way early comedies can be. So charming, in fact, that despite holding Sousè at gunpoint and the climactic car chase taking place, Repulsive Rogan take the time to replace the hat on his captives head.

Every time I watch it, I'm surprised to find so many scenes that are dull and slow, but Fields--and Pangborn, Grady Sutton, Jessie Ralph and Una Merkel--more than make up for them.

Probably the best W.C. Fields movie.

I suppose The Bank Dick was considered cutting edge comedy at the time, but it's just okay to me.

Anyone who doesn't "get" Fields should probably stay away, but for the rest of us this is a straight-up shot of The Great Man -- not my favorite Fields, but certainly presents some of his key themes and situations in a top-notch fashion. Pangborn is a delightful foil for Fields as always.

84.500

Fields acts drunk, people in 1940 laugh, people today pretend to laugh because it's allegedly a classic. For a funny drunk watch the original Arthur.

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Considered a comic classic but not my cup of tea. No recommendation here.

Slip shod production with a sometimes barely intelligible Fields. He's at his best when he's his most politically incorrect, yet we love him all the more for it.