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Plot Summary
Academy Award(r) winner James Stewart (1940 Best Actor, The Philadelphia Story and 1985 Honorary Oscar(r)), Jean Arthur, Academy Award(r) winner Lionel Barrymore (1931 Best Actor, A Free Soul) and Edward Arnold star in this classic screwball comedy. Based on the phenomenally successful Kaufman-Hart play,You Can't Take It With You was directed by Frank Capra and won two Academy Awards(r) (1938 Best Picture, Best Director) and garnered five more nominations. It was Capra's third Oscar(r) for directing. Arthur stars as Alice Sycamore, the stable family member of an offbeat clan of free spirits who falls for Stewart, the down-to-earth son of a snooty, wealthy family. Amidst a backdrop of confusion, the two very different families rediscover the simple joys of life.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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97%- Reviews Counted: 29
- Fresh: 28
- Rotten: 1
- Average Rating: 7.4/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: It's a grand picture.
Fresh: Easily the No. 1 cinema comedy of 1938.
Fresh: The tempo is generally fast and there are no sudden spurts or sharp letdowns.
Fresh: You Can't Take it with You was a tonic to a Depression-weary country beginning to right itself economically.
Customer Reviews
My favorite movie of all time!
This is an amazing movie, and the fact that now you can have it on your ipod(etc) is amazing! Best black and white movie ever, hilarious, and still has not gotten old yet.
Favorite Capra film
A classic from the master Frank Capra. James Stewart and Jean Arthur make up one of the most delightful couples ever on screen. Their dialogue together feels so real, and this movie is quite touching and still relevant today. And who doesn't love Lionel Barrymore?
Despite the title
Ironically, you should take this movie with you. Despite the title. Though there were other and better films that could've won Best Picture in 1938 this is a classic without a doubt.
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- $12.99
- Genre: Comedy
- Released: 1938
- © 1938 renewed 1966 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.