A Night at the Opera

A Night at the Opera (1935)

  • 97% of critics liked it
    (35 reviews)

  • 90% of users liked it
    (19,320 ratings)

Although some purists hold out for Duck Soup (1933), many Marx Brothers fans consider A Night at the Opera the team's best film. Immediately after the credits roll, we are introduced to Groucho Marx as penny-ante promoter Otis B. Driftwood. After a sumptuous dinner with a beautiful blonde at a fancy… More

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Unrated, 1 hr. 32 min.
Directed By
Sam Wood
Written By
George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Al Boasberg, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
Genres
Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
In Theaters
Nov 8, 1935 Wide
On DVD
May 4, 2004
MGM

Critic Reviews

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    The backstage finish, with Harpo doing a Tarzan on the fly ropes, contains more action than the Marxes usually go in for, but it relieves the strictly verbal comedy and provides a sock exit.

  • Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

    Never was a director more aptly named than Sam Wood: his movies are redwood forests of unrelieved monotony.

  • Andre Sennwald, New York Times

    The loudest and funniest screen comedy of the Winter season.

  • Nell Minow, Common Sense Media

    Marx Brothers masterpiece is still hilarious.

  • Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena

    Embora empalideça diante de Diabo a Quatro, melhor filme dos irmãos, traz algumas das cenas mais memoráveis da trupe, dos jogos de palavras às gags físicas.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Matheus C


    I can't still completely warm up to the Marx Brothers, but I can't deny the film has some incredibly funny moments

  • David L


    Otis B. Driftwood is a small-time theatrical agent scamming the wealthy Mrs Claypool in a deal to sponsor a New York opera company. Meanwhile, the disreputable Fiorello and Tomasso are trying to help their friend Riccardo gain recognition as a tenor. The swindlers' plans collide… More

  • AJ V


    Another really really funny Marx Brothers movie. It has both a good story and good jokes to go with it. A must see for Marx fans.

  • Randy T


    "Never in my life have I received such treatment. They threw an apple at me!" "Well, watermelons are out of season." If you like the Marx Brothers, you'll love <i>A Night at the Opera</i>. Their most polished film and their biggest box office… More

  • Tim S


    Can't say I was laughing that hard. I laughed, but not as much as I'd hoped.

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