Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch

Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Abbigail Bush what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Kirpianuscus Irony. splendid performances. social critic. and a fairy tale. a film about people, perspectives, using a noble message and the right cast. and a brilliant script. in fact, a parable about selfishness and superficiality. special for the bitter humor and the impecable dialogues. and, sure, for the portrait of a familiar world, maybe too obvious but enough for succes to large public. the great virtue - maybe the performance of Will Powell and the adorable sweetness of Carole Lombard in two roles who are not real unique in the context of the cinema of period but who works in beautiful manner. and, maybe, that is the key for the seductive force of this old movie about money, family, society and ...love.

arfdawg-1 The Plot.In the depths of the Depression, a party game brings dizzy socialite Irene Bullock to the city dump where she meets Godfrey, a derelict, and ends by hiring him as family butler. He finds the Bullocks to be the epitome of idle rich, and nutty as the proverbial fruitcake. I watched this as part of a 40s festival even tho it was made in the 30s. In a convoluted way the plot is oddly relevant today,, even though it's also highly unbelievable.Here we have homeless men with expensive had speaking perfect English and even knowing French!. But it's a screwball comedy, so concentrate on suspension of disbelief.It's very well written and directed with a face pace.

kijii I watched this for, my 3rd and last time, last night. I JUST don't get why this movie has always been so popular. It is goofy--well let's call it madcap--and it is not even that funny. Who finds this funny and why? I guess I have never been a big fan of either William Powell OR Carole Lombard. And the idea of Carlo the protégé is stupid too. Did Alice Brady play the mother or the sister of Lombard? It's hard to tell from the cast list? Anyway, the mother character was really stupid AND stupid sounding--an annoyance, pure and simple. I just checked and it received SIX Oscar nominations, including Best Director (Gregory La Cava), Best Actor (William Powell), Best Supporting Actor (Mischa Auer), Best Actress (Carole Lombard), and Best Supporting Actress (Alice Brady).

JohnHowardReid It seems superfluous to add yet another five-star review to those already published, but "My Man Godfrey" is a movie that grows on you. I didn't like it all that much when I first viewed it. In fact, I felt that the movie was showing its age and did not shine as brightly as on its first release. "In fact," I wrote, "the pacing is often rather slow, especially in Lombard and Powell's later scenes, most of them shot by producer/director La Cava in sustained, boring takes. In fact, Gail Patrick survives better than Lombard. True, the movie opens very promisingly and the acting throughout is very capable, although it's worth noting that comedians Palette and Mowbray are used as straight men to feed witty comebacks to Powell. The sets and costumes are delightful, the photography superb!" As the copyright has expired, the movie is now available on many DVDs. For some odd reason, the cheapest ones are often superior in quality to the more expensive!