Under the loose but capable direction of Norman Z. McLeod, the Marxes leap from one lunatic set piece to the next. Wagstaff talks over, below and around everyone he meets.
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10/29/06
Horse Feathers (1932)
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Reviews Counted:17
Fresh:16
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.1/10
Synopsis: The Marx Brothers parody college life in this gag-filled, fast-paced comedy. The fast-talking new president of Huxley College needs to scrounge up some top-flight ringers for his football team, but... [More]
Starring: Marx Brothers, Thelma Todd, David Landau, Robert Greig
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Reviews for Horse Feathers
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12/02/02
An anarchic, riotous triumph of the comic imagination.
05/24/03
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01/01/00
Witty, funny and great.
12/12/05
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08/10/05
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01/01/00
Top CriticThe grandfather in spirit and fact of both Tex Avery and Billy Wilder.
01/12/05
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10/18/05
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07/27/02
Swordfish! "Everyone Says I Love You!" One of the funniest of the early Marx films; a crazy quilt of puns and gags.
02/12/04
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08/22/03
Probably the Marx Brothers' second best film
07/30/02
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06/28/05
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01/28/06
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08/31/05
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11/23/04
An anarchic parody of college life.
04/08/05
...[there's an] overall feeling of pointlessness at work here.
02/28/06
Horse Feathers (1932), the fourth comedy masterpiece from the Marx Brothers, is an anarchic parody of higher education and a subversive attack
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