best movie i've ever seen.

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The Marx Bros. head to the Old West to find their fortune and become involved with a railroad scheme. There's also some stuff about a guy trying to settle a family feud so he can marry the girl he loves. Count me among those who prefer the Marx Bros' zanier earlier films at Paramount to the ones at MGM. Certainly the first few films at MGM are classics but after that the Marx films go downhill. By the 1940s they were putting out half-hearted efforts that seemed like they were parodying themselves. There's a scene early on in a train station where the three do a bit where Chico & Harpo rip off Groucho. The bit starts off mildly amusing but is so familiar that, by the end, I found the whole thing more tiresome than funny. Which is a good summary of this entire movie. The scene on the stagecoach with the passengers and all the hat-passing nonsense with Harpo is another example. This isn't to say there aren't any good parts. There are some funny scenes and lines but none particularly memorable. There are also the obligatory musical numbers we all hate. The worst of which is "Ridin' the Range," with a crooning John Carroll backed up by the brothers. It's possibly the corniest scene from any Marx Bros. movie. The funniest scenes are the early ones and the train stuff at the end. The middle drags. Fans of the Marxes will likely enjoy this more than people not familiar with them.

Sometimes Movie Buffs, like All Fanatics, can't Help Themselves. Approaching this Late Entry in the Cannon of Marx Brothers Movies They Shoot it Full of Holes and Wax Ridiculously About Paramount This and MGM That. This is a Consistently Funny Film, Standing On its Own in the Genre of the Most Subjective, Comedy.It is a Wildly Underrated Film that is Amusing and Hilarious from the Get Go. Full of Puns, One Liners, Sight Gags, Slapstick, and a Sophistication that Most Screen Comedies Lack. The Tunes are Bouncy and the Boys Talents are Again on Display.For Comparison, Screen this Along Side Any Abbott and Costello or Martin and Lewis Movie and even though it is a Lesser Entry in the Genealogy of Marx Brothers Movies, it will Decidedly Hold its Own Against the Best of the Aforementioned.Consistently Funny, Never Dull, with a String of Outrageous Outdoor Antics, this is Entertainment Extraordinaire and One could Argue it is Certainly Not the Peak of the Teams Art, it can Nevertheless be Considered as a Successful Performance from All Involved.Give this One a Go and Discover Gold in Them There Films that are So Easily Dismissed by the Gadfly's and be Amazed at the Talent and Slick Timing, the Wide Appeal and Timeless Humor that was the Marx Brothers. They were Never Less than Above Average. Their Stuff that was Considered Dismissible or Mediocre is Only So when Compared to Their Own High Standards.

Sadly, when Groucho delivers the line there's a glint in his eye that suggests he believes it. Go West is probably the best AND worst of the final three MGM films, a movie that manages to contain both mild hilarity and extended dull patches.When Irving Thalberg brought the Marx Brothers over to MGM, the retooling of their characters was notable, but not detrimental. Although suddenly they change from pure forces of nature into more helpful characters with stricter narratives and romantic subplots, A Night At The Opera is still one of their finest films; the follow up was also worthwhile. Sadly, Thalberg's death saw this tenuous formula erode still further and their star treatment at MGM slide.Very few people suggest that their post-Day At The Races movies are up there with the rest of their work, and At The Circus, Go West and The Big Store are certainly far, far poorer movies than their work from 1929-1937. However, these are only bad Marx Brothers movies by comparison: taken as movies in their own right, they're still average, passable fare, and often brim with invention, even if only in spots. In fact, if you joined up all the funny scenes in the three movies you'd be able to get 90 minutes worth of good material out of it. The only problem is, all three films together last for 240. Go West has plenty of strong material: there's the amusing "money changing" scene at the start, some funny interplay with Groucho and a wild west bar clientèle and some overtly adult gags, such as Chico's line "She looks like she knows plenty, but not about the deed!" Then there's Groucho's explicit "I'm not in business for love, you know. I was in love once, and I got the business. But that's another story, and a very unpleasant one, too."However, there's also those dead patches. The scenes with "Red Indians" appal not because of how politically incorrect they may seem in 2012, but because they're just excruciatingly unfunny. There's also a role for the gifted Arthur Housman, though he doesn't get a single line. (That said, considering Housman showed the ability to steal away movies from Laurel and Hardy, maybe they were best only giving him reactions to a below-par Groucho). Even the enchanting/impressive/tiresomely formulaic musical numbers have an uninspired feel about them, with Chico's segue line of "I'ma so happy I'd like to play the piano!" supremely lazy on behalf of the scriptwriter.The final climactic chase may be less tedious than other similar endings in Circus and Big Store, but you're never for a minute convinced that you're watching the actual Marx Brothers, only their stunt men. Okay, all three brothers were in their fifties by the time it was released, and Groucho's hairpiece is only too obvious, but for escapades on a runaway train it compares unfavourably with the daredevil work of Buster Keaton. Sadly, Keaton himself was down on his luck and forced to work for low pay as an unscripted gag man on this movie. Fifteen years earlier Keaton had written his own "Go West"... and also directed and starred in it.In all, while a better film than its reputation, Go West can perhaps be best summed up in the words of Groucho himself: "the boys at the studio have lined up another turkey for us and there's a strong likelihood that we'll be shooting in about three or four weeks. I'm not looking forward to it but I guess it's just as well to get it over with." If you care, I take up the story of the Marx Brothers' comeback in a review of Love Happy...

The problem with GoWest is that, by the time MGM produced it, the studio was clearly convinced that the Marx Bros. Had a formula to their magic. All the necessary scenes and lines are there, from the opening with Groucho conned out of stage fare by Chico and Harpo, to the various sexual innuendos by Groucho - but unfortunately, the MGM bosses missed one essential element - the Marx Bros., at their finest, do not operate according to formula; their whole schtick is to destroy formula.It is not surprising, therefore, to find Harpo fighting with desk drawers that pop-open according to their own logic - an old Three Stooges gag. But the Marx Bros. are decidedly not the Three stooges, and one can't help feel regret that the Marx Bros. saw their talent wasted at precisely the time - the rapidly approaching WWII - when we needed them most. Other comedians could parody Hitler; only the Marxes could parody war (Duck Soup) and then swing around and, by parodying opera (Night at the Opera), remind us that the grand scheme of monsters doesn't amount to much compared to a sweet melody, a colorful dance, or the wink of a lover.Without ever performing a scene from Shakespeare, the Marx Bros. brought the Bard's humor up to date.But not in this film; this is a cartoon; amusing, but - no cigar.