To Be Or Not to Be

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Summary: Hysterical Benny and Lombard
Review: Want to have fun at the movies? Look no further than this often-overlooked gem, with classic performances, a magical script and a laugh-a-minute. This is Jack Benny at his very best, and stands as a crowning achievement in cinema. Up there with Mel Brooks classics and Capra's fables, "To Be Or Not To Be" is moviemaking at its finest!

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Summary: A must. Plan and simple.
Review: You know very little about Jack Benny? Don't matter. This film has no right to be this funny. No film that deals with Nazis and death has any reason to be this hilarious. And yet, Benny and director Ernst Lubitsch found the perfect balance between wittiness and suspense. The scene near the end where Benny is put in a room with the body of the man he is impersonating? Genius. I actually had been laughing ten seconds early and then my chest tightened up. Great film with classic lines, terrific acting and genuine charm.