Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mortimer Brewster, a Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage, risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things grow complicated when he learns that his beloved maiden aunts Abby and Martha are serial murderers.
Kylacham reviewedJuly 13, 2025
I want to rate this higher, I really do, but I have to address just how exhausting this energetic movie became. Every performance is dialed up; 100% energy, 100% of the time, giving the audience little to no time to take a breath between frantic comedic moments, leaving this reviewer feeling honestly quite drained by the end.
Otherwise it's a delightful, zany comedy that delivers bizarre situations and laughs that would be worthy of 4.5 Stars, and it may well be that enjoyable if you're well rested and ready for non-stop frenetic energy.