▶ Watch the trailer
Film · 1933 · Musical comedy
Duck Soup
Directed by Leo McCarey
1933
★ 7.2 editorial score
The Marx Brothers at their fastest and most anarchic, and they left Paramount soon after it underperformed: the mirror sequence has been stolen by everybody in comedy since.
“Arguably, alongside "A Day At The Races", the Marx Brothers zenith, this brief satire-in-extremis packs more into its 68 minute examination of international politicking than subsequent comedies do with another hour. The genius of the Brothers infectious routines, a febrile mix of deranged slapstick and the snap and sting of Groucho’s wordplay, is the pace at which it spills forth.”
Time
1933Depicts 1930s
Where to watch
