The Cocoanuts Reviews
KPBS.org
Not the best Marx Brothers film but close. It features the classic 'Why a duck' routine between Groucho and Chico.
| Original Score: 4/5
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Watchable for some hilarious routines, but valued now mostly as a relic.
Full Review
| Original Score: B-
Kansas City Kansan
Creaky production is the Marx Brothers' first...and has its hilarious moments.
| Original Score: 4/5
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
The daft anarchy of the Marx Brothers is often akin to watching the id personified and unleashed.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Stagey, but with lots of great Marx routines and some Irving Berlin songs.
| Original Score: 4/5
Film Freak Central
There's a true benefit of starting at the beginning.
Full Review
| Original Score: 2.5/4
Film Journal International
First Marx Brothers film is creaky, but has marvelous scenes
| Original Score: 3/5
Fun puts melody in the shade in the audible pictorial transcription of the musical comedy The Cocoanuts.
Film4
It shows its age, but it also captures the verve of the Marx Brothers at the start of their movies careers.
Time Out
Top CriticThe Brothers' energy and madness is never in question: when the laughs come, they come loud and long.
