Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Noutions Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Kirpianuscus His performance defines this splendid comedy about the world of theater, hypocrisy, a sort of love, succes and mix between art and life. a film who has all the virtues to admire it. the smart dialogue, Carol Lombard giving the right performances, the supporting actors giving the best job, the atmosphere of a lost world who reminds significant details defining us. and a sort of melancolic exotism. short, a film as a remember. about the circle of a way to trnslate the near realities in brilliant manner on the screen.

itsbarrie My husband and I sat through this last night on TCM. We should have been warned by the lead-in, where Robert Osborne issued a list all the positive words in his vocabulary, and Drew Barrymore mewled for five minutes over how much she missed, or loved, or whatever her grandfather, John Barrymore. Neither one said anything very specific about the movie. Just that it was a great great treasure, yada, yada, yada.Rather than a great anything, it's one of those grossly-overrated 'comedies' written by two guys the cultural gatekeepers worship: Charles McArthur and Ben Hecht. Their idea of comedy was to keep people running around, yelling as loud as their lungs will permit. Maybe people found that hilarious in 1934. The plot has John Barrymore as an impossible theatre producer (gee, that's something new) and Carole Lombard as a clueless would-be actress, who flourishes under his tutelage, even to the point of dumping him and becoming a star in Hollywood.Then she hates him, and he needs money, they both accidentally show up on the same train, and amazingly, no one else on the train complains about the endless screaming of Lombard, Barrymore, and the pool of supporting players.The only redeeming thing about this movie is that it shows John Barrymore really was a good actor, and not one of those talent-free critics' darlings so many of his contemporaries were.What he could have done with a far FAR better script is a tragic missed opportunity.

dartleyk one of the gems, like ninotchka, thin man, glorious black and white, hotel rooms and offices the size of milwaukee, intelligent, witty writing, crisp directing, good to great acting, and only a 9 because it's not about anything particularly important; it's entertainment, with brilliant lombard gradually growing in every way more like her bamboozling impresario; this is the one that put her star up forever, though her role in my man godfrey is hard to beat; B characters all solid, and the brilliant profile, though hard to beat his dinner at eight- yes, the drunk gets a bit weary, but the slow, silent suicide is impeccable; open some champers and have fun watching

nomoons11 Wow this one was a total surprise. What a fantastic treat for a quiet night of film viewing. Don't let the decade spoil you off of watching this comedy gem.Basic premise is a very talented/successful Broadway Producer finds a very untalented model turned actress. He sees something in her and decides to push her to her abilities that she doesn't know she has. He pushes and pushes and finally...she and her personality...spring to life. She becomes successful and highly praised for her performances but his grip on her is so tight...she decides she's had enough and leaves...for the dreaded...Hollywood.Fast forward a few years and many of his plays have failed miserably since she departed but a chance meeting on a New York bound train...The Twentieth Century...turns into a chance to get his career...and her...back in his life.By the end of this film you are laughing so much you forget that this was made back in 1933. Proves that old stuff can easily rival new comedies. The main point in this film is the acting performances. I can't tell you how great John Barrymore and Carole Lombard are this. He is so over the top it's hysterical. He acts his way through this like the theater trained actor that he is. Carole Lombard is so funny as the nothing turned to diva it rivals any performance she's ever done by a country mile.What you'll get in the end, if you think about it, is the characters played by Barrymore and Lombard...are one in the same. The end scene is so drop dead funny but also poetic. She fights him in the end again about how to act on the stage and when you take it into account...she's turned into him...Overly Dramatic and over the top.An absolutely wonderful film.