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      The More the Merrier

      Released Mar 26, 1943 1h 44m Comedy List
      100% Tomatometer 19 Reviews 81% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings Due to a housing shortage in Washington, D.C., during World War II, Connie Milligan (Jean Arthur) agrees to rent part of her apartment to wealthy retiree Benjamin Dingle (Charles Coburn) and soldier Joe Carter (Joel McCrea). Although Connie is engaged to the unexciting Charles Pendergast (Richard Gaines), she becomes fond of Joe. When Dingle notices their interests in each other, he attempts to play matchmaker -- but instead causes problems for the entire apartment. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Mar 14 Buy Now

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      Empire Magazine Hilarious screwball comedy. Rated: 4/5 Feb 10, 2012 Full Review Variety Staff Variety A sparkling and effervescing piece of entertainment. Mar 26, 2009 Full Review Time Out Despite a belated drift towards sentimentality, this remains a refreshingly intimate movie. Jun 24, 2006 Full Review Sean Burns WBUR’s Arts & Culture A farce that’s funny and sometimes startlingly hot. (McCrea otherwise only had this kind of chemistry with Randolph Scott.) Feb 4, 2024 Full Review Yasser Medina Cinefilia This romantic comedy, the last one directed by George Stevens for Columbia Pictures after 'Penny Serenade' and 'The Talk of the Town', seems to me charming and highly entertaining. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 7/10 Jul 24, 2020 Full Review Tim Brayton Alternate Ending A gossamer-weight, charming film about how very awful it is to have the war fill every minute of your waking world - I don't know how that alchemy works, but it's sublime. Rated: 4.5/5 Sep 16, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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      nick s The acting is great, but not a lot really happens. If you watch for a short while at any point in the movie it is quite charming. Just not much in the way of a story. I think you have to be in the right mood for it. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/22/23 Full Review ed m Likable comedy. Lightweight. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Enjoyable comedy with Jean Arther looking very 30-ish at 43. Charles Coburn's likable too, as always. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review martin b The good: -A real lead part for the perpetual supporting actor Coburn and he turned in a beauty. His character critical and he executed perfectly. -War time housing conditions. -Jean Arthur first half of the movie. Effervescent, vivacious and trim. The bad -Joel McCrea no Cary Grant who should have played the part. Not humorous enough, comes off most of the movie as a condescending jerk. -Jean Arthur who whined through the last part of the movie -The script technique of feeling one way but behaving in another taken way too far for the purpose of filling time right up to the end. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review john g terrifically entertaining plot and script. McCrea, Arthur and Coburn are perfect. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review william d Two men living with one woman must have been pretty risque in 1943. While the plot hasn't aged well there is some clever and amusing dialogue here. Jean Arthur is her usual wonderful self, Joel McCrea is his usual dull self, and Charles Coburn does a fine job. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Due to a housing shortage in Washington, D.C., during World War II, Connie Milligan (Jean Arthur) agrees to rent part of her apartment to wealthy retiree Benjamin Dingle (Charles Coburn) and soldier Joe Carter (Joel McCrea). Although Connie is engaged to the unexciting Charles Pendergast (Richard Gaines), she becomes fond of Joe. When Dingle notices their interests in each other, he attempts to play matchmaker -- but instead causes problems for the entire apartment.
      Director
      George Stevens
      Screenwriter
      Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster, Garson Kanin, Frank Ross, Robert Russell
      Distributor
      Columbia Pictures
      Production Co
      Columbia Pictures
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Mar 26, 1943, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 23, 2014
      Runtime
      1h 44m
      Sound Mix
      Mono
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