Review of Horse Feathers (1932) by Robert B — 19 Sep 2008
This is the Marxes at their absolute height. By this point they had complete control over their films and indeed this began back with Monkey Business, rolled into Horse Feathers, and crashed and burned with the box office bomb of Duck Soup.
But for the time being they could do nothing wrong or too outlandish. Looking back now Groucho's (Wagstaff, even the name is very risque) lines insult someone: men, women, children, college heads, intellectuals, and even mobsters.
No one was above reproach. Despite these knocks at higher learning and smart asses, they were the darlings of the elite set and were extremely popular with college students. Norman Z. McLeod paces this perfectly with hardly a moment's pause or scene without a crack or visual pun or joke.
This review of Horse Feathers (1932) was written by Robert B on 19 Sep 2008.
Horse Feathers has generally received very positive reviews.
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