ThiefHott Too much of everything

Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Maidexpl Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

SusanJL This movie is such a hoot!!! It was very entertaining, and some scenes were LOL funny. Well worth watching!!

kurosawakira Leo McCarey's "Ruggles of Red Gap" (1935) is a fantastic comedy that has an expertly conceived, slowly unfolding narrative built above all things on the strength of the whole cast.The film largely revolves around the notion of opposites: overstated in gesture, understated in gesture; extrovert, introvert; brotherly intimacy, respectful distance. Laughton and Young abide always in the latter, Charles Ruggles (playing Egbert) and the rest of the Americans inhabit the former. All of these traits of characterization are then blown out of proportion, and both the comedy and underlying humanity is activated when these two extremes are first juxtaposed and then merged into one another: Ruggles' (not Charles but Laughton's character) drunkenness, the Earl's fascination with playing drums, and then the seminal moment toward the end where he quotes Lincoln. While it is Ruggles who's whipsawed by this cultural counterpoint the most, my favourite moments still go to the Earl, beautifully understated, and to Egbert, who is kindness and well-intentioned independence embodied.But this is so much more than just stereotype-floundered, exploitative farce. There's great humanity all around, and this balance is able to produce strong emotional responsiveness and identification either way – be it Egbert meeting his friend on the street in Europe, or Ruggles or the Earl refusing to open their social space. The characters are revealed as human and humane. Perhaps the payoff in the end rubs it a bit too much on my nose, but on the other and it's completely justified in the context of the film.

Brock Rhodes The only reason I got a chance to see this movie is that Ed Norton put it on his Top 5 favorite movies list & he said the only reason he found it is because he read it in the screenplay for Barton Fink. Never heard of this movie, which is unreasonably hard to get, but it is now one of my favorites. This movie serves as a love letter to American ideals through the unwilling relocation of an old school English butler to the American West after he is lost in a poker game. Charles Laughton is naturally cartoonish, endearing, and very believable as Ruggles, who is emancipated through the experience. Leo McCarey, whose worst movie just might be the often named "American classic" An Affair to remember, delivers like the cinematic master he is. Wonderful film that everyone should see.

Al Memories are short when it comes to remembering the best films ever. Often the older the film the more it tends to fall away in obscurity. Look at many of the top 100 film lists and you'll see that the closer you get to the top the greater the percentage of recent films.Such is the case with a classic film comedy like "Ruggles of Red Gap". The film contains a terrific cast of some of the best comic actors of the time and they are led by Charley Ruggles, Zazu Pitts and Marie Boland. But the comic soul of the film is the hysterically understated performance of the wonderful film and stage acting genius, Charles Laughton. Mr. Laughton was most known as a dramatic actor playing roles such as Henry VIII, Quasimoto and Captain Bligh. But here as Ruggles, the quietly stiff English butler who is lost by his British employer in card game to a couple of roustabouts from the US, Laughton is funny and touching and very human.I won't spill any more of the story. Justy go rent it and see for yourself. You won't regret it!