- Rated #103 on TSPDT which is very overrated
- Carole Lombard is absolutely stunning in her final role before her tragic plane crash death
- It’s both a socially and politically important movie and a great comedy- not hard to see how it’s rated so high by so many critics but it’s just not nearly one of the best directed movies of all-time
- There are a ton of hilarious scenes but my favorite might be Robert Stack leaving right in Benny’s Hamlet soliloquy and that ongoing joke
- Very detailed and intelligent narrative
- Blends drama horror of WW2/Hitler/Nazi’s and comedy with such grace
- The scenes with Ruman and Benny are great as well
- Certainly Benny took a lot from Groucho Marx
- There are some small editing flubs but not something that would demit my evaluation on it’s own
- I can see some influences here on Inglourious Basterds (Nazis in a theatre in the finale for one)
- Shakespeare is woven throughout with both hamlet and Shylock in merchant of venice
- Wonderful screenplay
- Top 5-8 of 1942
- Must-See/ Highly Recommend
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