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Duck Soup (1933) Rank 5 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Duck Soup (1933) a score of 2.9400 out of 4
based on (37) reviews
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Duck Soup (1933) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
The last time the Marxes were allowed to be completely lawless and eternally centre-stage. ...read the complete Duck Soup movie review at Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
Duck Soup (1933) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
Perhaps the best, and funniest, depiction of the absurdities of war ever committed to celluloid. ...read the complete Duck Soup movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
Duck Soup (1933) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Boulder Weekly (Thomas Delapa)Boulder Weekly (Thomas Delapa)
This Marxist masterpiece is also one of greatest military satires ever made. ...read the complete Duck Soup movie review at Boulder Weekly (Thomas Delapa)
Duck Soup (1933) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Oregonian (Shawn Levy)Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
Duck Soup (1933) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Widely considered the best Marx brothers film ever (and landing at #5 on the AFI's list of top comedies), Duck Soup presents Groucho at his best, playing a dictator (of a country called Freedonia, natch) who starts a war over a girl who lives in a ...read the complete Duck Soup movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Duck Soup (1933) scores a combined 2.68 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
My father loved the Marx Brothers above all other comedians or, indeed, all other movie stars. The first movie he ever took me to was "A Day at the Races." All I remember about that experience was the fact of my father's laughter. But there was something ...read the complete Duck Soup movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Duck Soup (1933) scores a combined 2.48 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Duck Soup (1933) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Mordaunt Hall)New York Times (Mordaunt Hall)
This production is, for the most part, extremely noisy without being nearly as mirthful as [the Marx brothers'] other films. ...read the complete Duck Soup movie review at New York Times (Mordaunt Hall)

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Duck Soup (1933) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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2.9400
Duck Soup (1933) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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