Duck Soup is the greatest Marx Brothers comedy of all time.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 17, 2023

True movie fans haven’t lived until they’ve caught this outrageous satire.

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

There’s no dense or intricate narrative in the film. It’s simply a basic story that allows Groucho, Harpo, and Chico to showcase their comedic chaos.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 20, 2022

Duck Soup might be the only Marx Brothers film that feels completely in tune with their brand of humor, which, then and now, is downright radical.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 12, 2022

I found it tedious and not very funny. The fact that it was short was a relief but I don't think I will seek out any more films by the Marx Brothers.

| Apr 1, 2021

One incidental sequence of slapstick in which Harpo smashes a mirror and then appears opposite Groucho as his reflection, is the funniest thing in any Marx film since The Cocoanuts.

| Feb 3, 2021

Babbling absurdity is the main ingredient and chaos is the result, with random jokes, skits, and sketches composing the bulk of the story.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jul 26, 2020

The Marx Brothers in one of their slighter divertissements. Funny and wild, but not wildly funny.

| Jul 23, 2019

Obviously desperate for material, the Four Marx Brothers tried everything from musical comedy sequences to a I-et 'Em Eat Cake burlesque revolution. An uneven production but some of the sketches are worth the money.

| Jun 6, 2019

One of the great comedies without question.

| Original Score: A+ | Mar 12, 2019

For all its wild comic abandon, Duck Soup has darker implications than the usual Marx Brothers comedy and, as such, feels the most relevant and sharp in its satire. [Blu-ray]

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

It turns out that the sharp-tongued humour of Groucho Marx is ageless, the slapstick timely and the subject matter still pertinent: loony dictatorship, religion, pointless warfare.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 16, 2015

The funniest of the Marx Brothers pictures ...

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 16, 2015

The sheer silliness is inspired ...

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 15, 2015

Questioning the canonical standing of a titan such as Duck Soup seems like an exercise in questioning the tastes of those who like it rather than the upbraiding the comedy mechanics of the film itself.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 15, 2015

A comedy classic that boasts some of Groucho's prickliest zingers and the pinnacle of Harpo's mirthful mischief.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 15, 2015

Genius just about covers it.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 12, 2015

...a glaring example of the element of the Marx Brothers' comedy that's always bothered me: the reliance on insults and cruelty.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 18, 2013

One of the funniest movies of the Marx brothers--and of the Depression era.

| Original Score: A- | Apr 17, 2011

Nonstop classic Marx Bros. mayhem kids will love.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 14, 2010