It took me a few viewings over the years but I've finally come around on this one. I've always thought it had a certain charm to it but I never found it terribly funny so I resisted praising it too much. These days I'm all about embracing how I feel about a movie instead of trying to find ways to "make it ok" to like something that maybe most other people don't. This movie makes me feel happy. I laugh here and there but mainly I'm just smiling through the whole thing. The cast is great and John Landis, a director more known for a more modern often crude style of humor, offers up a loving homage to a bygone age. Fans of movies from the 1930s like myself will probably find more about Oscar to enjoy than others but I don't think it's a requirement to know what's being referenced in order to like the film.
