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Information
- Year
- 1941
- Runtime
- 83 min.
- Director
- Charles Reisner
- Genres
- Comedy, Musical
- Rating *
- 6.6
- Votes *
- 3,321
- Checks
- 490
- Favs
- 13
- Dislikes
- 9
- Favs/checks
- 2.7% (1:38)
- Favs/dislikes
- 1:1
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Siskoid
The Big Store really is the Marx Brothers on the back side of the curve, with a lot of dead air, shticks made to work with fast motion and wires, and lonnnnnng musical numbers to make up for the thinnest of plots (about trying to sell a large department store so the non-Marx lead can build a music conservatory). Chico is terribly under-utilized, which is surprising given the balance these films usually strike. Still, there are some good moments, including Harpo acting as a one-man orchestra, the shenanigans at the private eye office, and Groucho's early, extended musical number, which features a bit with Virginia "Miss Deadpan" O'Brien, who is hilarious. I'm not really buying what The Big Store is selling, but there are certainly sequences that would go in a good Marx Bros. highlight reel. 6 years 3 months ago -
