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Review of by Michael Wilmington for Chicago Tribune — 18 Aug 1956

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In casting the brothers as stowaways on an ocean liner, Monkey Business gets laughs from broad Keystone Kops chase scenes, but extends the absurdity even further with bizarre one-liners (Groucho claims he "licked his weight in wild caterpillars") and a sequence in which all four brothers try to get off the boat by impersonating Maurice Chevalier.

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This review of Monkey Business (1931) was written by and published by Chicago Tribune on 18 Aug 1956.

Monkey Business has generally received positive reviews.

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