Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Alex da Silva Overbearingly annoying and motherly Jessie Busley (Nora) and irritatingly unfunny and blustering Una O'Connor (Maggie) run a boarding house of out of work people of no particular talent such as tiresome magician Felix Bressart (The Great Boldini) and his stupid dog that only seems to have one trick. I guess it's meant to be cute. That's already too many comedy characters for one film, but, regrettably there are more. Anyway, into this mix comes nightclub entertainer Ann Sheridan (Sarah Jane), who is also a pain in the arse with her energetic, whirlwind entrance into the film. Composer Jeffrey Lynn (Tommy) also rocks up at the house in order to shelter gangster Humphrey Bogart (Chips Maguire/Grasselli) and Lynn and Sheridan start to make sweet music together. Can they romance each other and get a happy ending? Bogart is the best thing about this film and he has genuinely funny moments that will get you laughing. Unfortunately, he is more than offset by several comedy characters that won't have you laughing. Shame. A scene that stands out is when the group of non-talented wannabes are giving a performance to the residents of the boarding-house and the poet recites his rubbish poem. Bogart's reactions are hilarious. As they are when he is introduced to his room full of stuffed animals. But goodness me, that motherly Busley woman is annoying. Will Bogart shoot her? Sheridan is okay, nothing special while Lynn is particularly unlikable. Will Bogart shoot him for being a bit of a dullard? The film contains some entertaining and some weird musical numbers which, along with Bogart's performance, elevate this film into the okay category. But all those blasted annoying characters and that terribly contrived ending………oh please……..corny stuff.

Neil Doyle IT ALL CAME TRUE is a strange mixture of comedy, drama and old-fashioned musical turns featuring Ann Sheridan and Jeffrey Lynn as two show biz sweethearts who get mixed up with a criminal (Humphrey Bogart) wanted by the police who takes shelter in a boarding house run by Lynn's eccentric mother (Una O'Connor) and another lady.Somehow, the mix of elements are strung together in a way that provides a number of charming moments, mostly involving Sheridan (who has a way with a zinger) and Bogart, who gets some gentle humor out of his gangster role and creates a likable enough character with ease. Lynn is good at portraying the nimble fingered piano player but is stiff when asked to perform as Sheridan's musical partner.Una O'Connor gets a number of good laughs out of her irate landlady role and Zasu Pitts is amusing as a paranoid woman who has read too many detective stories.None of it is memorable but it passes the time pleasantly enough. A talented cast overcomes a rather clumsy script that wanders all over the place. At least, it's unpredictable and good for a few laughs.

CatTales Noticeably very well-filmed, edited, and acted comedy-drama-romance-gangster picture. Menacing gangster Bogart, sexy wise-girl Ann Sheridan, her family and quirky peripheral characters make this situation comedy more than the sum of it's parts. Very funny, touching, unpredictable, and a cultural time-capsule. 10 thumbs up! I'd rather not spoil the movie but IMDb requires more lines...one interesting scene is the initial intimacy (the intensity is as close as we get to romance/sex) between the love interests: it's musical in nature and their only way to bond. It's not performed as yet another tiring duet but a rehearsal with mistakes. That's another example of what makes this movie refreshing and quite different from movies of then and now.

Scott-52 It isn't often a movie can change a mood, but this little piece of fluff did. Whether it was a chance to see a young Bogie doing some comic acting, or Jeffrey Lynn doing something besides standing in the shadows, or Ann Sheridan being more than a wisecracking dish, I don't know - but I expect it was the latter. On one level this is a poor man's YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, with a dash of ARSENIC AND OLD LACE thrown in. It isn't oscar bait, but it does make you realize how much simple joy the hard working people at Warner Brothers gave to audiences during the Depression and the second world war. When I finished watching, I could just imagine pushing out into the evening air after the show, taking my date to get a piece a pie and cup of coffee someplace, and basking the warm glow of a simple happy time.Taken for what it is, you'll have a heck of a good time with IT ALL CAME TRUE.