You Can't Take It With You (1938)

Original title

You Can't Take It with You

Directed by

Frank Capra

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 06m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 457 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman from a free-spirited and eccentric family falls in love with a man whose wealthy and uptight parents disapprove. The two families clash over their very different ways of life.

upbeatwhimsicalsentimentalwarmromanticfunnyfast-paced

What happens

You Can't Take It with You is a 1938 American screwball romantic comedy film directed by Frank Capra, and starring Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, and Edward Arnold. Adapted by Robert Riskin from the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1936 play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, the film is about a man from a family of rich snobs who becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family. The film was a critical and commercial success. At the 11th Academy Awards, the film received two: Best Picture (Outstanding Production) and Best Director for Frank Capra. This was Capra's third Oscar for Best Director in just five years, following It Happened One Night (1934) and Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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