This is comedic fantasy at its most deplorable. Never does anyone ask Arthur why he drinks, what he’s running from (if anything), or worry that his enduring alcoholism will have physical penalties in the years to come.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jul 31, 2023

All in all, Arthur is great. Steve Gordon writes funny lines like we have not heard from the screen since the thirties.

| May 23, 2022

Unexpectedly, the somewhat messy finale (one of those classic comedy conundrums that seems unthinkably inextricable) manages to be spectacularly fitting.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Mar 24, 2021

One of those rare contemporary entertainments that can be used to contradict people who habitually complain, "They don't make 'em like they used to!" This time they have.

| May 1, 2018

As a piece of froth about the fantastically rich, Arthur has been compared to the Depression comedies of the Thirties. Well, second time around we are a bit more wised up and have a right to expect something with more edge.

| Mar 29, 2018

That song will be stuck in your head for days, but "Arthur" is worth the torture.

| Original Score: B | Oct 9, 2017

...suffers from a hit-and-miss quality that wreaks havoc on its momentum...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 9, 2011

Arthur has endeared himself to millions of viewers over the years.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Mar 25, 2011

Arthur is a sparkling entertainment which attempts, with a large measure of success, to resurrect the amusingly artificial conventions of 1930s screwball romantic comedies.

| Mar 26, 2009

Moviegoers are hereby alerted to some good fun.

| Aug 22, 2008

Moore is predictable as the spoiled scion of wealth, Minnelli is terrific as his candid sweetheart, but Gielgud's loyal yet sarcastic servant steals the film.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 1, 2008

Watch and enjoy, but avoid the completely disastrous sequel.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 1, 2008

So little care has gone into the characterizations, the structure, and the situations that the film merely feints at significant comedy.

| Apr 1, 2008

No. 1 on my list of favorite comedies. One of the funniest ever made.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Aug 4, 2007

Overrated one-joke comedy.

| Feb 9, 2006

A modern screwball comedy, in the vein of My Man Godfrey and other Depression era gems, Arthur was written and directed by Steve Gordon, who received an Oscar nomination for Original Screenplay.

| Original Score: B | Jun 28, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 10, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 17, 2005

Only someone with a heart of stone could fail to love a drunk like Arthur Bach.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 23, 2004

Moore is a great, funny drunk...even though it is all so politically incorrect now.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 15, 2004