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To fully appreciate The More the Merrier, it is important to know that, during WW2, there was an acute housing shortage in Washington DC. This is why elderly Benjamin Dingle (Charles Coburn) is obliged to share a tiny DC apartment with pretty Connie Milligan (Jean Arthur) and handsome Joe Carter (Joel McCrea). After nearly two reels of misunderstandings, the trio becomes accustomed to their curious living arrangement. Joe takes a platonic liking to Connie, but she's engaged to stuffy bureaucrat
Mar 26, 1943 Wide
Nov 2, 2004
All Critics (15) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (1) | DVD (4)
A sparkling and effervescing piece of entertainment.
As warm and refreshing a ray of sunshine as we've had in a very late Spring.
Stevens moves things along a lot more briskly than is usual for him.
Hilarious screwball comedy.
George Stevens' charming romantic comedy, about wartime housing conditions, benefits immensely from the chemistry between Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea.
A delightful and effervescent comedy marked with terrific performances.
Charming wartime comedy that only veers towards the end into sentimentality.
Despite a belated drift towards sentimentality, this remains a refreshingly intimate movie.
Hilarious wartime comedy with Charles Coburn stealing the show.
The film is best at the beginning.
Coburn certainly earned his Oscar, creating a believable combination of eccentric curmudgeon and resolute cupid
The housing shortage in Washington DC during the Second World War might not be the most obvious source of material for comedy, but this winning screwball manages to find plenty.
The More the Merrier (1943) is a delightful romantic comedy of the homefront at wartime, exploring the problems of housing-bed-man shortages.
Although there were a couple of movies with this same story, I enjoyed this one. The actors are good and the movie is very funny.
September 5, 2010Super Reviewer
starts off screwball and ends somewhat sappily. it's easy to see the template for every lame romantic comedy in these old films. the cast is delightful: hilarious charles coburn who won an oscar for this role, the underrated joel mccrea and always charming jean arthur; 43 (!) and still adorable
April 26, 2010
Super Reviewer
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