Forget Cedric the Entertainer and Bernie Mac, the Marx Brothers are the original kings of comedy. Made during the Great Depression, this film is surprisingly bold in its shameless satire of the political process. A bumbling dunderhead is named as the new Prime Minister of Freedonia and the neighboring nation of Sylvania wants to take it over. The Sylvanians try very hard to anger the new Prime Minister, but he shrugs it all off like a joke. Eventually a war is declared, but no one knows who is on which side and hilarity ensues.RATING: 3.75 out of 5
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