Film1938126 min

You Can't Take It with You

Name: You Can't Take It with You
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 1938
Duration: 126 min
Cast: Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, Edward Arnold, Mischa Auer

Taste attributes: comedydramaromancemusic/dancefresh & originalwholesomelightrealisticlinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshipfish out of water/culture clashlove conquers allsocial commentaryunlikely connections

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"You'll love them all for giving you the swellest time you've ever had!"

Boxlist takeExpect an emotional, warm-hearted romantic comedy, light rather than heavy. Best if you like warmth over edge.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: wholesome · Weight: light · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score

Quality rating

7.5 /10

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Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it

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Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.

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