grantss Good fun. Not as good as their best, but better than most of their later stuff (eg At The Circus, The Big Store).

blanche-2 "Go West" isn't the best Marx Brothers film, but it has some wonderful moments, including the train sequence in the finale.This is one of their MGM films, and while most people prefer their Paramount days, I like the MGM movies better. They have more structure and so do the gags.S. Quentin Quale (who else, Grouch) is on his way west, and on route he meets Joseph and Rusty Panello. They're on their way west to find gold. The brothers and Groucho all work hard at ripping one another off; the brothers win. This is one of those bits that could have been done in any Marx Brothers film under any circumstance.Once they reach their destination, they meet a miner, Dan Wilson. His property has no gold, so they give him $10, all the money they have, so he can start a new life. He gives them the deed to his mine as collateral.What he doesn't is that the son of his rival, Terry Turner (John Carroll), who is in love with his daughter Eva (Diana Lewis), is arranging for the railroad to build through his land. This will make Dan rich and hopefully pave the way for Terry and Eva. But Red, the saloon owner, gets the deed away from the brothers. Now they and Groucho have to get that deed back and help Dan, Terry, and Eva. This is a spoof of the western genre, with a singing saloon girl with an incredibly deep voice (June MacCloy). What I loved was Groucho's singing background in the big ballad, "Ridin' the Range." It was both funny and kind of sweet at the same time. Both Harpo and Chico have excellent musical numbers. Overall, enjoyable, if not my favorite, A Night at the Opera. The ingénue, Diana Lewis, quit acting shortly after this film to devote herself to her marriage to William Powell, which lasted until his death 44 years later.

Matt Gallo The Marx Brothers' "Go West" is a vastly underrated gem. Admist a few comparatively disappointing later years Marx movies, it was certainly the strongest. I grew up on the Marx Brothers via my father (even though most of them were made before he was born as well), and ended up liking them so much I eventually bought every movie they made, and most of the documentaries, three single Groucho movies, two sets of 'You Bet Your Life' episodes, and even 'The Story of Mankind,' featuring the three primary brothers, though in small parts in separate segments...(Many books by and/or about them too.) In any case, I'm a huge fan. Even with all this, I admit that there are a handful of pretty weak Marx films. Love Happy was pretty awful on most levels, though little Harpo bits, and one or two Groucho lines give it its only very brief redemption. The Big Store was also pretty fairly terrible, with again, the only worthwhile notes being a few Groucho quips, and a few Harpo physical bits. Room Service and At The Circus as well suffered, as all their movies after the big MGM ones (Opera & races) did, due to the studios lack of interest and confidence in putting money and attention into the productions. Room Service and At the Circus both felt like they should've and could've been more, though each had a handful or more of perfectly enjoyable moments. And re-watching A Night in Casablanca (which at least a little more time and money was put into for what she really be considered their true final film, rather than the slapped together for quick cash 'Love Happy', which was originally a Harpo solo project), I've come to realize that Casablanca is stronger than I remembered, but still felt stale for much of it compared to their classics. So I suppose I better get the reason for this review-- So, in the middle of all these lesser like, later years fare, came Go West (in 1940). And I have to say, it has gotten an unfair rap from fans, critics and Groucho himself (though he was that way about much of their movies, sadly). I think, even with it's slapdash absurdity and overwrought gags, that it holds up better, and has better, more solid comedy than any of they other movies after A Day at the Races. In fact, and I know I'm essentially alone in saying this, but, I actually find it more entertaining than A Day at the Races (I think). There are some brilliant moments/lines for three brothers that felt more akin to there early madcap movies (the best ones), and I even enjoy the silly songs, and western pastiche elements, and the physical gags are stronger than the movies before and after as well. In any case, fans (and critics too) should give it another watch, and just let it try to entertain you, it really is a lot of fun, and hilarious.

Harold It was with fairly low expectations that I popped "Go West" into my DVD player this evening. After all, as Marx Bros. purists repeat ad nauseam, the Brothers' later pictures generally failed to live up to the high standards set by their earlier Paramount-era films. That may be so, but I found "Go West" to be hilarious all the same. Which is hardly surprising since nobody does mayhem like the Marx Bros.! As always, Groucho has lots of great one-liners, Chico plays a charming con-man, and Harpo gets up to all kinds of anarchic antics. Encountering Groucho for the first time in the train station, Chico asks where the train is. Groucho replies, "It's out on the tracks; it seldom comes in here." In previous films, the Brothers' made fun of the circus and the opera; in this film, they play havoc with the conventions of the Old West. On observing a fatal shooting outside a saloon, Chico tells Harpo: "I don't like-a the West: all the people do is kill each other. I'd like-a the West better if it was in the East."In contrast to some of their other films, especially "At the Circus," the musical numbers are delightful and catchy. That goes not only for the solos by Chico and Harpo, but also for the duets sung by the star-crossed lovers. This latter feature of the MGM films was often tedious and forgettable; happily, that is not the case in "Go West." I thoroughly enjoyed this film and would recommend it to anyone who appreciates the madcap humour of the Marx Bros. The climactic train sequence alone makes the film a must-see.