To Be is a very funny comedy, salted to taste with melodrama and satire.
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08/20/08
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:4
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: A complex and timely satire with as much darkness as slapstick, Ernst Lubitsch's To Be or Not To Be delicately balances humor and ethics.
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A classic black comedy set in wartime Poland which deals with the members of an acting troupe who inadvertently become involved in the war effort. Academy Award Nominations: Best Scoring of a... [More]
Starring: Jack Benny, Carole Lombard, Robert Stack, Lionel Atwill
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
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Reviews for To Be or Not to Be
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Top CriticLubitsch's guidance provides a tense dramatic pace with events developed deftly and logically throughout.
08/20/08
Top CriticTo say it is callous and macabre is understating the case.
05/20/03
Top CriticTerribly funny.
01/01/00
Top CriticOne of the most profound, emotionally complex comedies ever made, covering a range of tones from satire to slapstick to shocking black humor.
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