It's not on the same level of their later Paramount features but the Four Marx Brothers shine in The Cocoanuts.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 15, 2023

This and Animal Crackers squeak by on the top-notch comedy quotient.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 12, 2023

Sophisticated absurdity and sublime nonsense. [Blu-ray]

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 18, 2016

Chock with some classic gags and lines...

| Aug 14, 2006

The Brothers' energy and madness is never in question: when the laughs come, they come loud and long.

| Jun 24, 2006

Fun puts melody in the shade in the audible pictorial transcription of the musical comedy The Cocoanuts.

| Mar 25, 2006

Watchable for some hilarious routines, but valued now mostly as a relic.

| Original Score: B- | Oct 12, 2005

First Marx Brothers film is creaky, but has marvelous scenes

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

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 27, 2005

Creaky production is the Marx Brothers' first...and has its hilarious moments.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 29, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 25, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 3, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 28, 2005

There's a true benefit of starting at the beginning.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 16, 2004

The daft anarchy of the Marx Brothers is often akin to watching the id personified and unleashed.

| Nov 20, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 30, 2004

It shows its age, but it also captures the verve of the Marx Brothers at the start of their movies careers.

| May 24, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 27, 2003

Not the best Marx Brothers film but close. It features the classic 'Why a duck' routine between Groucho and Chico.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 13, 2003

Stagey, but with lots of great Marx routines and some Irving Berlin songs.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 25, 2002