Not my kind of movie.

Rating: 3/10 (19 November 2005)

Since I'm not a fan of older movies, I was automatically biased. I suppose if you pushed my initial feelings aside the movie wasn't terrible. The idea behind the movie was good but too many side stories got in the way, mainly the two Peanut stand characters.
Maybe I just didn't understand and had a hard time trying to keep up, but the Pinky and Chicolini's role in politics was completely confusing and never really explained other than as a whim of Rufus Firefly. I suppose I just didn't "get it" or maybe I'm thinking too hard about something lighthearted and meaningless, but I didn't enjoy their characters.
I can take into consideration that this movie is a lot older and can't have a lot of special affects or sound affects, but I feel as though there were far too many silences. The random songs the characters broke into just didn't do it for me and always seemed extremely out of place. The comedy was very childish and didn't keep me interested. All in all, I was very unimpressed with Duck Soup.