This is not the play. This is better.
The madcap adventures of a crazy family during the depression is a life affirming film that shows us that money isn't everything and that yes, you can't take it with you.
One of the joys of this film is the cast Lionel Barrymore, Jimmy Stewart, Ann Miller, Dub Taylor, Edward Arnold, Eddie Rochester Anderson, Misha Auer and just about every great supporting actor and actress under the sun, all acting completely and wonderfully mad. They sell the story and make you smile from ear to ear.
I can't be rational where this film is concerned.
Just see it.
You'll feel good for days.
10 out of 10.
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance
Plot summary
Stenographer Alice Sycamore is in love with her boss Tony Kirby, who is the vice-president of the powerful company owned by his greedy father Anthony P. Kirby. Kirby Sr. is dealing a monopoly in the trade of weapons, and needs to buy one last house in a 12-block area owned by Alice's grandfather, Martin Vanderhof. However, Martin is the patriarch of an anarchic and eccentric family where the members do not care for money but for having fun and making friends. When Tony proposes to Alice, she states that it would be mandatory to introduce her simple and lunatic family to the snobbish Kirbys, and Tony decides to visit Alice with his parents one day before the scheduled get-together. There is an inevitable clash of classes and lifestyles: the Kirbys spurn the Sycamores and Alice breaks with Tony, changing the lives of the Kirby family.
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Director
Top cast
James Stewart as Tony Kirby
Spring Byington as Penny Sycamore
Dub Taylor as Ed Carmichael
Charles Lane as Henderson
Tech specs
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU 1.13 GB
988*720
English 2.0
NR
Movie Reviews
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Dated but still charming.
Reviewed by
great fun
This film is a lot of fun to watch--and at times, it's like walking into an asylum! The film is chock full of excellent support cast and is almost non-stop silliness. The large group of once strangers who live in this large old home are deliriously happy and are reminiscent of a combination of the family from Arsenic and Old Lace (minus all those bothersome murders) with the men from Ball of Fire.
For me, it was best not to really concentrate on the plot--just sit back and watch everything happen. Watching Ann Miller, Donald Meek (he was so gosh darn cute in the movie),Jean Arthur and especially Lionel Barrymore act was a real treat. If, though, you pay too much attention to the plot, you will see that it really is rather silly and contrived. So watch it--just don't think too much!
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Another Frank Capra classic
You Can't Take it With You is one of my favourite Frank Capra films, along with It's a Wonderful Life, Mr Smith Goes to Washington and It Happened One Night. It is a touch overlong, however this is such a minor fault compared to how wonderful it is. The direction is excellent, it has a well written and constantly engaging story and the script sparkles. The film looks beautiful too, and the music by Dmitri Tiomkin is gorgeous. Then there is a jewel of a cast. Lionel Barrymore is a revelation here, and Jean Arthur and James Stewart are both superb. Overall, I have very little to fault this I think underrated little treasure, it is beautiful, witty and faultlessly performed and directed. 10/10 Bethany Cox