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Title: "Who's asking you to be rational?"
Review: The zany Kaufman-Hart play with the Depression-inspired message of forsaking the making of money and doing what you want to do instead, brought to the screen by Frank Capra. The Capra corn is present, though one wishes for some more pop to it at times. John Barrymore plays the ringleader in this madhouse of xylophone players, dancers, fireworks manufacturers, playwrites, etc. James Stewart is the rich kid in love with Jean Arthur, Barrymore's granddaughter. The ending, though utterly predictable, goes right for the heart - and captures it in one fell swoop. At 127 minutes it feels long, in the Capra way - again because one wants more zip. It's a fun movie, though, and took the Academy Award.
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