Pssst, want to check out At the Circus in our new look?
Information
- Year
- 1939
- Runtime
- 87 min.
- Director
- Edward Buzzell
- Genres
- Comedy, Musical
- Rating *
- 6.9
- Votes *
- 3,695
- Checks
- 639
- Favs
- 23
- Dislikes
- 7
- Favs/checks
- 3.6% (1:28)
- Favs/dislikes
- 3:1
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Siskoid
The Marx Brothers return to form in At the Circus, in which they all work for the same traveling show in some capacity (and so a lot of the action takes place aboard a train), and try to deduce who stole the owner's money so he can give his belle a good life. This time, the romantic leads are pretty watery, and I don't care about them breaking into song. Groucho actually has the better musical numbers - at least they're about things you don't often hear about! So a lot of zany silliness, with the more high-brow showcases of previous films traded in for circus tricks, but a lot of that is highly entertaining, especially the trapeze climax. That's a show stopper for sure! Other fun routines include the one where Chico and Harpo try to get evidence out of a sleeping strongman, and the cigar bit in the little person's cabin. 6 years 3 months ago