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
You Can't Take It With You (1938)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:25
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: 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.
Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Tony (James 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... [More]
Starring: Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Edward Arnold
Director: Frank Capra
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Reviews for You Can't Take It With You
Easily the No. 1 cinema comedy of 1938.
02/17/09
No review available.
08/22/03
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.
03/28/03
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.
08/29/04
The usual sentimental corny uplifting melodrama from director Frank Capra.
01/03/07
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.
10/21/06
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.
02/20/08
No review available.
12/21/04
A fairly decent Capra, a bit stagebound and undeserving of its Best Picture Oscar.
03/18/03
No review available.
10/11/02
[A] splendid Frank Capra classic.
09/22/06
There are still some laughs and entertainment to be found here, but forget about fidelity to the original.
01/01/00
Top CriticVery good, but not great, version of a good, but not great, play.
12/11/02
Demonstrates Capra's skill at tweaking the heartstrings as well as the funny bone.
02/20/08
The pace is fast and furious and the scales tip quite forcefully on the side of living for the moment.
03/10/03
To this day, there's rarely been a more joyful celebration of the unconventional than You Can't Take It with You.
01/01/00
It's one of those movies that's just so enjoyable, you're disappointed when it ends.
08/12/03
One of the most lovable characters in movies is Lionel Barrymore's Vanderhoff. He's a smart, carefree guy who magically changes people's lives and gives them hope!
07/09/02
The well-loved play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart is given the Frank Capra treatment.
04/13/02
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