You Can't Take It With You

Pros: Moments of humor, Moments of performance
Cons: Ridiculous, Light on character, Plot drown for theme and humor, DVD bonus features.

For those who do not follow my many reviews, I am not a huge fan of comedies, especially slapstick or madcap humor. I'm not a huge fan of older movies, either, so it will probably be obvious to most that I watched "You Can't Take It With You" because ...

Pros: cast, silliness
Cons: moralizing, characters

Frank Capra accumulated six Academy Award nominations for Best Director during his career. One of them was for "You Can't Take It With You", which was also one of the three times he won as director (he won another four Oscars as a producer)....

Pros: Family, loyalty and friendship are what is important in life. Unique and interesting characters.
Cons: Reba wanting to serve the Kirby's pickled pigs feet.

This is one of the first VHS tapes that I purchased years ago. I had not heard of it, nor Frank Capra at that time. Capra's movies are timeless. They take us out of the competitive rat race of life and reality. If you want a good touch of human ...

Pros: Good morales, good entertainment for the whole family
Cons: None

If you haven't seen this 1938 movie you're missing out. This should be required viewing for all adults. This movie was extremely well done. You do have to appreciate black and white photography and fine acting to get the full effect of the movie. Life is...