You Can't Take it With You is one of my favourite Frank Capra films, along with It's a Wonderful Life, Mr Smith Goes to Washington and It Happened One Night. It is a touch overlong, however this is such a minor fault compared to how wonderful it is. The direction is excellent, it has a well written and constantly engaging story and the script sparkles. The film looks beautiful too, and the music by Dmitri Tiomkin is gorgeous. Then there is a jewel of a cast. Lionel Barrymore is a revelation here, and Jean Arthur and James Stewart are both superb. Overall, I have very little to fault this I think underrated little treasure, it is beautiful, witty and faultlessly performed and directed. 10/10 Bethany Cox
Review of You Can't Take It with You
