DAVID BIANCULLI

Founder / Editor

ERIC GOULD

Associate Editor

LINDA DONOVAN

Assistant Editor

Contributors

ALEX STRACHAN

MIKE HUGHES

KIM AKASS

MONIQUE NAZARETH

ROGER CATLIN

GARY EDGERTON

TOM BRINKMOELLER

GERALD JORDAN

NOEL HOLSTON

 
 
 
 
 
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
March 8, 2012  | By David Bianculli

TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET

 
Speaking of funny, this 1944 film is one of the wildest, most riotous screwball comedies ever made. Cary Grant, as the only sane member of a family of lunatics, plays a drama critic –another reason I love this so much – who is surrounded by murderous aunts, a Boris Karloff lookalike, and a guy who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt. Based on the hit stage comedy, this movie never lags, and Grant, going for it in every scene, is fabulous.
 
 
 
 
 
Leave a Comment: (No HTML, 1000 chars max)
 
 Name (required)
 
 Email (required) (will not be published)
 
QBRID
Type in the verification word shown on the image.