Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Its my Halloween Tradition

I have loved this movie since I was a kid. Every Halloween I put this film in and watch as I have my dinner. Old fashion but great fun. If you enjoy old comedies give this one a try. June 16, 2008

Great classic!

Comedic Cary Grant at his best. You are really missing out if you haven't seen this one yet. June 15, 2008

Recemmended purchase

If you want to watch a funny movie with a great cast, look no further. This is classic Cary Grant and boy does he carry it off.

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Funny but uneven classic

Easily one of Capra's darkest films, much of this comedy is a great example of madcap filmmaking from the golden age. Grant turned his regular screwball energy up to 11 for this one.

My only problem is that the frenetic pacing comes to a grinding halt when Grant disappears for twenty minutes and Massey and Lorre become the focus of the picture. It turns into a middling thriller for most of the second act. The attempt at ominous posturing is merely plodding. And I've never grasped the fascination with Lorre's wheezy, one-note schtick. Relying on him to supply "humor" in the thriller section doesn't work with me. At all. June 12, 2008

A fantastic, classic screwball comedy

Growing up, I always thought of Cary Grant as the debonair, sophisticated gentlemen. That image is shattered in this fantastic comedy about Mortimor Brewster who wants to marry the girl next door, Elaine, tonight but finds out that his aunts are poisoning men with arsenic in their homemade elderberry wine. Then there is cousin Teddy who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt and is digging the Panama Canal in the basement and cousin Jonathan who is truly a homicidal maniac comes home to "visit" with the mad doctor. All this and Elaine is still waiting. This comedy is a classic and shows that Cary Grant comedic timing is perfect! May 10, 2008

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