Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
Clowning around has seldom been done better.
The movie vaudeville of the Marx brothers was perhaps never so inspired, and surely never as brazen, as in their surreal satire of tinpot nationalism and political pomposity in 1930s Europe.
This joke isn't funny any more.
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Edinburgh Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Friday January 16, 2015, until Monday January 19, 2015. More info: www.filmhousecinema.com
Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow from Sunday January 18, 2015, until Tuesday January 20, 2015. More info: http://www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/