Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:19
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A couple leaving on their honeymoon must put aside their plans when the groom finds that his spinster aunts are killing people in their pleasant little house and burying the bodies in the cellar.... [More]
Starring: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Peter Lorre
Director: Frank Capra
Reviews for Arsenic and Old Lace
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Dusty but gentle entertainment. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Riotously funny. Full Review |
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Despite the fact that picture runs 118 minutes, Frank Capra has expanded on the original play [by Joseph Kesselring] to a sufficient extent to maintain a steady, consistent pace. Full Review |
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The timing is abysmal throughout, turning fast pace into numbing frenzy. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Good macabre fun. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Unable to conceal the film's theatrical origins, Capra misfires as a director and misguides Cary Garnt, who's too mannered, but the time, the combo of horror and comedy was new and the old ladies' gruseome hobby was shocking to audiences. Full Review |
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5/5 |
Charge! off to see this classic Capra screwballer.
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5/5 |
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3/5 |
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5/5 |
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4/5 |
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4/4 |
has stood the test of time to remain as funny today as anything Hollywood is producing now. Full Review |
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5/5 |
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2/5 |
Not one of Capra's best. Grant is too hammy and out of control, and without Boris Karloff as Jonathan Brewster, the joke is lost.
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3/5 |
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4/5 |
Nowhere near the play, but fun and fast
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3/5 |
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3/5 |
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8/10 |
...one of the staples of black comedy for stage and screen. Full Review |
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