It's a Gift

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It's a Gift

1934,

1h 13m,

Comedy

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93%

15 Reviews

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76%

1,000+ Ratings

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93%

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15 Reviews

76%

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1,000+ Ratings

Harold Bissonette (W.C. Fields) is the owner of a small-town grocery store, husband of a harassing wife (Kathleen Howard) and father of two spoiled children, and his customers aren't much better. When Bissonette has the opportunity to buy an orange grove in California, he jumps at the chance to move across the country -- at the very least, to avoid an annoying insurance salesman (T. Roy Barnes). Unfortunately for him, the orange grove is not what he expected.

Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Nov 13, 2021

4/4

Essential Fields.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Jun 28, 2021

4/10

Fields' efforts to turn little episodes of funny catastrophes into a feature-length film result in disparate concepts strung together with little regard for a cohesive plot.

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A.S. Hamrah

n+1

Jan 26, 2021

There isn't a better illustration of unsparing W. C. Fields comedy than this portrait of Mr. Muckle, a hostile, uncontrollable blind man.

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Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy)

Esquire Magazine

Apr 20, 2020

W. C. Fields, solemn and screwy. Swell back porch noise sequence.

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Ann Ross

Maclean's Magazine

Oct 11, 2019

It is true Mr. Fields repeats himself a great deal in his new picture It's a Gift, but, even so, W. C. Fields repeating himself is usually a lot fresher than an ordinary comedian thinking up something suddenly for the first time.

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Gabe Leibowitz

Film and Felt

May 6, 2010

68/100

There's plenty to enjoy here, and little to dislike.

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Jan 26, 2019

The best comedy movie ever made!

Abraham M

Jan 4, 2018

An uninspired script belies the charm of this film. Though the charm of LeRoy was perhaps overstated.

Finn L

Jul 17, 2017

Fields at his best. Hen pecked but still the captain. If you haven't seen it, watch it.

Abraham S

Mar 5, 2017

A classic comedy from W.C. Fields. A lot of people consider this his best film, but it didn't fully work for me. That being said, it is still well worth watching!

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Synopsis

Harold Bissonette (W.C. Fields) is the owner of a small-town grocery store, husband of a harassing wife (Kathleen Howard) and father of two spoiled children, and his customers aren't much better. When Bissonette has the opportunity to buy an orange grove in California, he jumps at the chance to move across the country -- at the very least, to avoid an annoying insurance salesman (T. Roy Barnes). Unfortunately for him, the orange grove is not what he expected.

Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Producer: William LeBaron
Screenwriter: Jack Cunningham
Production Co: Paramount Pictures
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 17, 1934, Original
Release Date (DVD): Nov 9, 2004
Runtime: 1h 13m

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