Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Bryan Bjerke This movie is in the AFI Top 100 movies of all time so I decided to give it a go. I unfortunately was rather bored watching it. The most memorable part of the movie was the piano and harpsichord scene. It had the comedy in the beginning and then drifted toward some beautiful harpsichord playing. The transition was perfectly executed in that scene. The rest of the movie fell flat however. A lot of the comedy doesn't hold up too well nowadays and there was too much singing. I'm not a fan of opera singing in the first place and it you are like that too, you may get annoyed. The story was alright but it had a cheesy ending. It was so cheesy, that it was actually one of the few times that I laughed (even though you weren't supposed to).Overall - Wouldn't recommend this film nowadays, especially for the younger generation. Charlie Chaplin's films has comedy that holds up better than this one. I have no doubt it was good for it's time, but some films just do not age too well.

Matt Greene "I told you to slow down, I nearly heard the opera." I'm kind of obsessed with Groucho's one-liners. And Harpo and Chico's music. And the stateroom pile-up. And the air force disguises. And the contract bit. And the switching beds between the two hotel rooms. The Marx Bros weren't just anarchic, they were downright chaotic, in all the best ways.

wes-connors Wise-cracking con-man Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) wants matronly Margaret Dumont (as Mrs. Claypool) to invest a fortune in the opera. Already involved in musical theater are Italian manager Chico Marx (as Fiorello) and mute dresser Harpo Marx (as Tomasso). They team up to represent handsome opera singer Allan Jones (as Riccardo Baroni). As usual, the plot is secondary to the Marx Brothers' antics. In this case, the story compliments the comedy team very well. Moving to upscale MGM, the brothers and producer Irving Thalberg wisely hired Marx regulars George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind to sweeten, then write the screenplay. They were the gold standard Marx Brothers writers and this film contains some of the team's most memorable scenes and routines..."A Night at the Opera" begins a more polished, less crazed, Marx era. More dependent on wit and one-liners, Groucho's shtick made the transition better than his brothers. Still, everything essential to the formula is preserved, including unfairly criticized non-comic brother Zeppo, who left the group after their previous "Duck Soup". Zeppo's shoes are nicely filled by Mr. Jones. Likewise maligned, the musical interludes serve to break up the comedy and pace the skits in a feature film. It's great to see "To Tell the Truth" game panelist Kitty Carlisle as the young ingénue. Walter Woolf King is a splendid villain. Regulars Sig Ruman and Ms. Dumont round out perfect support. In this case, listening to opera music with the Marx Brothers is the most fun you're ever going to have at the opera.********** A Night at the Opera (11/8/35) Sam Wood ~ Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Allan Jones

Sergeant_Tibbs The only other Marx brothers movie I've seen is Duck Soup and while A Night At The Opera is significantly better, I'm still not totally won over by them. Granted, I love Groucho, his sardonic one liners almost always hit the mark and he's the life and soul of their work. The other brothers I could take or leave, including the slapstick Harpo, who gets too many obvious sped up moments. It does take many liberties in its setups, as comedies of this stature often do, but a couple of times I didn't really feel in with the flow for the punchline. But when it's funny, it's really funny, especially in iconic scenes such as the stateroom one. The film could have done with less meandering in the mid-section, as I felt lost in the plot there. It's a shame that the actual opera singing is the most tedious bit, but fortunately they're few and far between. This style of filmmaking works in chunks, but the majority is entertaining at least.7/10