Excellent comedy

Rating: 10/10 (19 August 2008)

"Duck Soup" is excellent, not only one of my top five favorite comedies, but also in the top ten on my favorite movies list. However, I rate this film just slightly behind "A Night at the Opera." Although this film is as hilarious as it could be, I find the gags in Opera to be even more ridiculous, giving me even more to laugh at. However, this film leaves nothing to be desired. Moment after moment, the film gets more outrageous as the situations grow more and more implausible. Groucho is over the top as usual, and for me, there's nothing funnier than listening to him insult everyone who comes his way. Chico taking everyday words and mashing them together is also hysterical. Harpo is ingenious in his act as well. Even Zeppo gets a decent role in this film. "Duck Soup" includes two of the most famous Marx Brothers acts, the mirror sequence and the final battle scene. As usual, the events stay funny right up to the end. No movie made in recent years can possibly compare to this comedy. You will laugh and laugh at this film, and there are so many verbal gags that you won't possibly remember them all, making this worth several viewings.
**** out of ****