Editing At the Circus (section)

==Reception==
Reviews from critics were generally not as positive as those for earlier Marx Brothers films. [[Frank Nugent|Frank S. Nugent]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote that "in all charity and with a very real twinge of regret, we must report that their new frolic is not exactly frolicsome; that it is, in cruel fact, a rather dispirited imitation of former Marx successes, a matter more of perspiration than inspiration and not at all up to the Marx standards (foot-high though they may be) of daffy comedy."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nugent |first1=Frank S. |author-link1=Frank Nugent |title=THE SCREEN; Marxes Well Under Their Top in 'At the Circus' at the Capitol--New Films at Rialto and Palace |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1939/11/17/archives/the-screen-marxes-well-under-their-top-in-at-the-circus-at-the.html |access-date=June 25, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 17, 1939}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called the film "broad, ribald fun in familiar pattern to early pictures of the Marx Bros."<ref>{{cite magazine |date=October 18, 1939 |title=Film Reviews |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |location=New York |publisher=Variety, Inc. |page=14 }}</ref> Though ''[[Film Daily]]'' wrote, "The mad Marxmen have never been funnier, nor have they had a better story in which to cavort than 'At the Circus,'"<ref>{{cite journal |date=November 17, 1939 |title=Reviews of the New Films |journal=[[Film Daily]] |location=New York |publisher=Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. |page=7 }}</ref> ''[[Harrison's Reports]]'' called it "about the worst Marx picture seen in years ... Children should enjoy it, but hardly any adults."<ref>{{cite journal |date=October 21, 1939 |title=At the Circus |journal=[[Harrison's Reports]] |location=New York |publisher=Harrison's Reports, Inc. |page=167 }}</ref> [[John Mosher (writer)|John Mosher]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' wrote that the Marxes seemed to be trying harder in this picture than they were in ''[[Room Service (1938 film)|Room Service]]'', "but the achievement of novelty or surprise, the true Marx note, is never apparent."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Mosher |first=John |author-link=John Mosher (writer) |date=November 25, 1939 |title=The Current Cinema |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |location=New York |publisher=F-R Publishing Corp. |page=83 }}</ref> In contrast, the November 11, 1939, issue of ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'' described the film as "a veritable riot of hilarity" and "possibly the nuttiest of the films that Groucho, Chico and Harpo have perpetrated."<ref>{{cite news |title=Picture Theaters At the Motion |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W_0uAAAAIBAJ&pg=7194%2C168758 |work=Ottawa Citizen |location=Ottawa |date=November 11, 1939 |access-date=May 19, 2013}}</ref>