I have recently become a DIE-HARD Marx Brothers fan. I was introduced to them by my wonderful cousin Lewis. THANK YOU LEWIS!!!!!!!!!! The Marx Brothers are FANTASTICALY HILARIOUS!! Monkey Business was the first movie of their's that I saw, and its, so far, the best. Even thought the others I have seen come close behind, there's just something about Monkey Business. Its down-right hilarious. Great lines by Groucho, great scene of Harpo and him playing the harpo, Chico and the piano...This movie deserves a 5 stars.

This was a very funny movie! It was hilarious! I wished I owned it so I could see it again and again! The Marx Brothers are the best!

I looooooove the marx brothers, and Monkey Buiness is one of my favourite Marx films! Anyone who hasn't seen this movie should, even if you are unfamilier with the Marxes. (As soon as you see your first Marx movie you will probably become obsessed with them anyway, like I did). Anyhow, this movie is filled with jokes from start to finish, and there's never a dull moment! HILARIOUS!

THIS IS THE BEST MOVIE!!! TRUDY LOVES THIS MOVIE!!! THE MARX BROTHERS ARE NOT JUST A PART OF HISTORY, THEY ARE GREAT HUMANS!!! IF ONLY HALF THE HUMANS WERE ONE-TENTH AS INSIGHTFUL AS THE MARX BROTHERS, THE WORLD WOULDN'T BE SUCH A [bad] PLACE!!!!!! TRUDY THE MONKEY

MONKEY BUSINESS is clearly one of the Marx Brothers funniest films. Most of the great skits come in the first half of the film, while all are still onboard ship. There is a plot, but it is of less importance, even, than most of the Marx Brothers films. In reality, this is a film any fan will watch merely to get from one skit to the next, and can, like me, easily manage to ignore any plot-related distractions.

The film features some of the Brothers best skits, and in particular some of Groucho's greatest moments. Although I desperately miss Margaret Dumont in this film, Groucho manages some first rate scenes with Thelma Todd, who would later grace HORSEFEATHERS as the College Widow. She would in 1936 die as the result of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, but speculation began immediately that she had been the victim of a crime. She had no record at all of depression, was only 29, and was at the peak of her career. Her death remains one of the great mysteries in the history of Hollywood, and adds poignancy to her comic appearances with Groucho and Co.

Groucho reels off a huge number of classic one-liners in this one. "Look at me. I worked myself up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty." "As for me, I'm going back into the closet, where men are empty overcoats." "Sir, are you trying to offer me a bribe? How much?" "Oh, why can't we break away from all this, just you and I, and lodge with my fleas in the hills? I mean, flee to my lodge in the hills." "Madam, before I get through with you, you will have a clear case for divorce, and so will my wife." Or the great scene where Groucho complains to the ship's purser about the woman he found in his cabin. "What woman?" the shocked officer replies. "No woman, and that's what I want to complain about."

Probably the most famous skit in the film, though I must confess to preferring several others more, is their attempted exit off the ship as Maurice Chevalier. Other great skits include Harpo's intrusion into a Punch and Judy show, Groucho and Harpo's invasion of the captain's quarters on the ship, Chico and Harpo's pretending to be barbers, and Groucho's attempt to give romantic advice to a couple of surreptitious lovers. Although one of their best films, the second half falls off sharply as soon as they all get off the ship. Apart from Groucho's extraordinary encounters with Thelma Todd on the verandah outside a house where a party is taking place, virtually all the good skits take place in the first half.