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Horse Feathers

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Horse Feathers (1932)

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Reviews Counted:17

Fresh:16

Rotten:1

Average Rating:8.1/10

Runtime: 68 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: The Marx Brothers parody college life in this gag-filled, fast-paced comedy. The fast-talking new president of Huxley College needs to scrounge up some top-flight ringers for his football team, but... The Marx Brothers parody college life in this gag-filled, fast-paced comedy. The fast-talking new president of Huxley College needs to scrounge up some top-flight ringers for his football team, but ends up with a bootlegger and a mute dog catcher instead. More laughs than most comedies (and smart laughs, at that), this script, coscripted by satirist SJ Perelman, is humor at its most clever. [More]

Starring: Marx Brothers, Thelma Todd, David Landau, Robert Greig

Starring: Marx Brothers, Thelma Todd, David Landau, Robert Greig, Florine McKinney, Nat Pendleton, Reginald Barlow

Director: Norman Z. McLeod

Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Screenwriter: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, S. J. Perelman, William B. Johnstone
Producer: Herman J. Mankiewicz

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Nov 9, 1999

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Steve Crum

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

comment Comment | Feb., 18 2008 12:31 PM

Video-Reviewmaster.com

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Phil Villarreal

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.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 29 2006 09:16 AM

Arizona Daily Star

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David Nusair

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

Full Review Source: | comment 1 Comment | Feb., 28 2006 11:27 AM

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Derek Adams

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New York Times

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Cole Smithey

Witty, funny and great.

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ColeSmithey.com

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Christopher Null

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Filmcritic.com

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Jeffrey Westhoff

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comment Comment | Aug., 31 2005 08:19 AM

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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Nell Minow

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comment Comment | Jun., 28 2005 07:35 PM

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Dennis Schwartz

An anarchic parody of college life.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 08 2005 09:22 PM

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Walter Chaw

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

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Bob Bloom

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

comment Comment | Feb., 12 2004 11:23 PM

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

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Carol Cling

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comment Comment | Aug., 22 2003 01:45 PM

Las Vegas Review-Journal

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An anarchic, riotous triumph of the comic imagination.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 24 2003 08:10 AM

Channel 4 Film

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Philip Martin

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comment Comment | Dec., 02 2002 01:05 PM

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Ken Hanke

Probably the Marx Brothers' second best film

comment Comment | Jul., 30 2002 06:47 PM

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Rob Vaux

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comment Comment | Jul., 27 2002 06:40 PM

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