Review of The Cocoanuts (1929) by Scott Tobias for The A.V. Club — 20 Dec 2003
Only about half of 1929's The Cocoanuts, an early sound-era comedy, was entrusted to the Marx brothers' vaudevillian antics; the rest was left to drippy Irving Berlin songs, kick-lines of bathing beauties, and a half-baked subplot about a stolen necklace.
Yet the good scenes establish the Marx dynamic to hilarious effect.
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This review of The Cocoanuts (1929) was written by Scott Tobias and published by The A.V. Club on 20 Dec 2003.
The Cocoanuts has generally received positive reviews.
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