• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 0, age appropriate for kids over 7; suggested age 7.

• Is it any good?

  3.0

• Common Sense says

  Beloved but creaky 1930 Marx Brothers comedy hit.

Why We Rated This for Ages 7 and Up

What to watch out for

• Messages:

  The Marx MO here is to bring chaos into a stuffy, high-class environment, and what you see is pretty much what you get. Groucho is manic and insulting; Harpo and Chico are thieves (Harpo serially harasses women and, at one point, shoots at random people); and young lovers who are more or less normal propel the plot forward with a "harmless" art-theft prank, part of which hinges on blackmailing a butler about his criminal past. Groucho makes his appearance carried in by bone-wearing African natives, who have apparently borne him all the way from the Dark Continent, a gag that still raises some politically incorrect old stereotypes.
• Violence & scariness:

  Slapstick roughhousing by Chico and Harpo. Harpo at one point pulls a handgun and starts firing "harmlessly" at people (even shooting his own foot, with no lingering effect).
• Sexy stuff:

  Mild innuendo from Groucho. Young women are chased around by Harpo.
• Language:

  Not an issue.
• Consumerism:

  Not an issue.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  Groucho smokes his famous cigar. Also social drinking, and in the final don't-try-this-at-home joke Harpo puts the whole cast to sleep with some sort of gas.

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