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You Can't Take It With You

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You Can't Take It With You (1938)

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Reviews Counted: 24 Fresh: 23  Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.3/10
 
Consensus: Appealing performances and a nimble script make this hard not to love. It's predictably uplifting fare from Frank Capra, perhaps the most consciously uplifting of all great American directors -- but thanks to immensely appealing performances and a nimble script, You Can't Take It With You is hard not to love. more
 
Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins
Synopsis:
Tony (Jimmy Stewart), the eldest son of millionaire Anthony P. Kirby, has fallen in love with Alice Vanderhof. She's a sweet working girl who lives with her eccentric family and a few extra misfits in a decaying old house. It's a building that just happens to stand in the way of Mr. Kirby's plans... [More]
Tony (Jimmy Stewart), the eldest son of millionaire Anthony P. Kirby, has fallen in love with Alice Vanderhof. She's a sweet working girl who lives with her eccentric family and a few extra misfits in a decaying old house. It's a building that just happens to stand in the way of Mr. Kirby's plans to construct an impressive office complex. But when Grandpa Vanderhof refuses to sell, it's clash of the cantankerous titans. Unfortunately, the fallout may send lovebirds Tony and Alice flying in different directions. A Capra-fied adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. Academy Award Nominations: 6, including Best Screenplay. Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director. [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Edward Arnold, Mischa Auer

Director: Frank Capra
Producer: Frank Capra
Screenwriter: Robert Riskin
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin

DVD Info

Release:

Feb 18, 2003

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Mono - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers

Interactive Features:

  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Selection

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Demonstrates Capra's skill at tweaking the heartstrings as well as the funny bone.

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02/20/08 11:12 AM
Laura Bushell
Channel 4 Film
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Its stage origins might be all too obvious, but the excellent ensemble cast makes it an enjoyable breeze, and the in-laws meeting scene is farce comedy at its best.

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02/20/08 11:11 AM
Emma Cochrane
Empire Magazine
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The tempo is generally fast and there are no sudden spurts or sharp letdowns.

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02/20/08 11:11 AM
Roy Chartier
Variety
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The usual sentimental corny uplifting melodrama from director Frank Capra.

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01/03/07 05:06 PM
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
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An entertaining, if saccharine film, packed with enough loony activity to keep the laughs coming from start to finish.

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12/12/06 09:07 PM
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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Frank Capra's zanny comedy about a family of eccentrics is well-acted by Jimmy Stewart and Jean Arthur as the romantic couple and a large ensemble that included Spring Byington and others; the play serving as source material is still being produced.

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10/21/06 12:15 AM
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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A family of misfits proves that you don't need money to be happy together.

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10/17/06 12:28 PM
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy
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The cast is appealing, particularly Stewart and Arthur, but it's not enough.

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02/09/06 03:17 AM
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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Capra in top comedy form.

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01/02/05 08:29 PM
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan
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No review available.

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12/21/04 07:13 AM
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette
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12/11/04 08:03 PM
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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Jimmy Stewart's legendary career was just beginning when he co-starred in this Frank Capra classic, a warm, heart-tugging Best Picture Oscar winner.

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08/29/04 10:16 PM
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com
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08/22/03 05:07 PM
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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It's one of those movies that's just so enjoyable, you're disappointed when it ends.

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08/12/03 02:58 PM
Matt Easterbrook
Matt's Movie Reviews
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You Can't Take It With You does reveal the liberation offered by non-alienating work and examines the matrices between class and gender, as few other films do.

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03/28/03 08:13 AM
Chris Robe
PopMatters
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A fairly decent Capra, a bit stagebound and undeserving of its Best Picture Oscar.

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03/18/03 01:23 PM
Jeffrey M. Anderson
San Francisco Examiner
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The pace is fast and furious and the scales tip quite forcefully on the side of living for the moment.

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03/10/03 08:54 AM
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
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02/14/03 10:58 AM
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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Very good, but not great, version of a good, but not great, play.

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12/11/02 09:27 AM
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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10/11/02 12:02 PM
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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