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Horse Feathers

Horse Feathers (1932)

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If ever there was an archetypal Marx Brothers comedy, it was the team's 1932 offering Horse Feathers. Groucho Marx is cast as Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the newest president of Huxley College. As he delivers his introductory speech before the assembled student body ("As I look out among your smiling, eager faces, I can readily understand why this college is flat on its back"), he maps out his plans for the future by singing those deathless hits Whatever It Is, I'm Against It and I Always

Oct 10, 2000

MCA Universal Home Video

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The madcap Marxes, in one of their maddest screen frolics.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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Some of the fun is even more reprehensible than the doings of these clowns in previous films, but there is no denying that their antics and their patter are helped along by originality and ready wit.

January 28, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
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This 1932 release was the first Marx film to take on the Depression, and the brothers manage to satirize everything from education to prostitution and bootlegging.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
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The Marx Brothers at their wacky best.

January 2, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

The Marx Brothers bring their special brand of anarchy to the world of college football in this wonderfully madcap comedy.

August 31, 2010 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Funny Marx Bros classic, featuring four brothers on a tear at college.

February 18, 2008 Comment
Video-Reviewmaster.com

Under the loose but capable direction of Norman Z. McLeod, the Marxes leap from one lunatic set piece to the next. Wagstaff talks over, below and around everyone he meets.

October 29, 2006 Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | Comment
Arizona Daily Star

...[there's an] overall feeling of pointlessness at work here.

February 28, 2006 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comments (2)
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The Brothers have never been so chaotic or so aggressively funny.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

Witty, funny and great.

December 12, 2005 Comment
ColeSmithey.com

Not a personal Marx brothers favorite but a decent film nonetheless.

October 18, 2005 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
Filmcritic.com

An anarchic parody of college life.

April 8, 2005 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

The grandfather in spirit and fact of both Tex Avery and Billy Wilder.

January 12, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | Comment
Film Freak Central

The final game in this film is a hallmark in the Brothers' oeuvre.

November 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Not Coming to a Theater Near You | Comment
Not Coming to a Theater Near You

Swordfish! "Everyone Says I Love You!" One of the funniest of the early Marx films; a crazy quilt of puns and gags.

February 12, 2004 Comment
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
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Incredibly funny! Although there are scenes that are a bit long or too silly, the ending in particular, the movie overall is fun and very very funny.

September 10, 2010
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This movie for me is the funniest of the Marx Brothers comedies. From the opening moments, when Groucho assumes control of Huxley College, and sings his new policy to the assembled professors, " Whatever it is, I'm against it", to the riotous football game at the end, this movie is a total delight.Chico does one of his

May 13, 2010
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    1. Prof. Ouincy Adams Wagstaff: What ever it is I'm against it.
    – Submitted by Benjamin H (6 months ago)
    1. Barovelli: You sing-a high.
    2. Connie Bailey: Yes, I have a falsetto voice.
    3. Barovelli: That's-a funny; my last pupil, she got-a false set-a teeth.
    – Submitted by Chris P (13 months ago)

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