Arsenic and Old Lace

Pros: funny from beginning to end!

Cons: none

The Bottom Line: Arsenic and Old Lace is one of the best and funniest comedies made. Another triumph for Frank Capra.

Review: Arsenic and Old Lace is absolutely one of the funniest films I have ever seen. This film not only entertains. It makes the viewer laugh out loud all the way through. Directed and produced by the celebrated Frank Capra, it is an...

Pros: Wonderful cast, great story, terrific acting

Cons: Not a thing!

Review: This is part of a write off that includes the following writers: 29th_Candidate, acdc711, afranquemont, Alkaiser, amberm, bluehawq, bops_mom (our gracious host), BIGELLOW, bpotter1, chele316, ChriseyB, chrisjoker, Deandra, Jennd417, kay67, Kyra,...

Pros: Hilarious screen adaptation, with all the right ingredients, from Grant to Teddy Roosevelt

Cons: None that I can think of: See the black and white version if possible

The Bottom Line: This movie is a classic of humor, and slapstick, witty dialog and interesting performances. If you choose one film to keep in your collection this year, buy this one!

Review: If ever you need cheering up, this movie would be a great one to keep handy. If your sense of humor is slightly twisted, all the more reason! This is a Frank Capra Classic movie, and is nothing but fun from start to finish.

The movie was made...

Pros: wonderfully adapted for the screen. perfect casting

Cons: cons? you have to be kidding!

The Bottom Line: One of the best comedies ever! Grant is brilliant. Also contains one of Peter Lorre's finest performances.

Review: Arsenic and Old Lace was a childhood favorite that I rediscovered while living overseas. Directed by Frank Capra, it's a dark and madcap comedy which involves insanity, murder, matrimony and the rules of being a good host or hostess.

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Pros: Fifteen words wouldn't even be a fair beginning.

Cons: Fifteen words are required, but I can't think of ANY

The Bottom Line: Prove that you aren't as crazy as the Brewster aunts, and buy this for repeated enjoyment when cheering is needed.

Review: I mean, I wrote a review of Arsenic and Old Lace when I first joined Epinions, but I was still timid and uncertain of how much could be said. The end result was that the review, though good and generally rated as 'very helpful,' was shamefully ...

Pros: mayhem at its best

Cons: none

Review: Arsenic and Old Lace
Starring:
Cary Grant
Priscilla Lane
Raymond Massey
Peter Lorre

(1944)


I feel like a real dimwit for not seeing this movie till this morning. How could I, a classic movie...

Pros: Hugely funny,done in the style of a farce,highly entertaining,innocent

Cons: May seem a bit dated to some , black and white , mono

The Bottom Line: An hilarious old fashioned farce

Review: I have watched Arsenic and Old Lace many times since my childhood. It is one of those films that I just never tire of watching, despite its age and the fact that it is in black and white. The plot is just so amusing and the characters incongruous and ...

Pros: Great cast, insane plot and huge amounts of laughs

Cons: none

Review: This classic, other than some Abbott and Costello movies, is quite possibly the funniest movie ever made. I watch it religiously every year, just before Halloween, after all, that is the time it takes place. For decades now a member of my family...

Pros: Very Funny. One of Cary Grant's Best

Cons: None

Review: Black and white flicks didn't used to be one of my favorite to watch. It seemed like growing up all my family had was a black and white TV.

When I got married...I saw the color of things and didn't want to go back to watching black and...

Pros: Cary Grants best work

Cons: NONE

The Bottom Line: Rent, enjoy and you will not be dissappointed. While you are at it, rent other Cary Grant films. He was the best

Review: This movie is complete fun! The dialogue and physical comedy will have you rolling on the floor laughing.

Arsenic is about your "far from normal" family, The Brewsters. Cary Grant stars as Mortimer Brewster, who is a writer. He writes books...