The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)

"eh and then let's throw in a Hitler scene at the end there, YOLO" - Preston Sturges, probably

David Sims

It may be strange, but I have a much more difficult time writing about my favorite movies than about movies I actively detest. Maybe it's because a great movie is such a personal thing. There's a certain amount of bravado required when it comes to telling someone else (even…

Cramer K.

Preston Sturges gets it. Always fun and entertaining, while the script isn’t quite as clever as some of his others, but has plenty of moments got me laughing out loud, which is impressive given its age. While Eddie Bracken didn’t quite do it for me here, Betty Hutton…

Ethan Colburn

HITLER DEMANDS RECOUNT

sophie b

Preston Sturges proposes what if the nativity story was set in a contemporary world and get some of his biggest laughs out of the opposition achieved between the main characters humble noble intentions and the nastiness of the corrupt world around them. The tone is set in…

Filipe Furtado

"So what—you're not the first dumb cluck who couldn't find her husband." Using her lovelorn admirer Norval Jones (Eddie Bracken) as a smokescreen, patriotic bombshell Trudy Kockenlocker (Betty Hutton) makes her way to a debauched farewell party for WWII-bound soldiers over…

Richard Chandler

Preston Sturges’ “Miracle of Morgan’s Creek” has just about the most chaotic energy of any film I’ve ever seen.  Despite its runtime of just 98 minutes, watching “Morgan’s” feels like you’ve sat through a half dozen different movies stacked on top of one another — each…

theriverjordan

This is a neat little screwball with some big laughs and a heartwarming story. It's risque for its time, but somehow, more innocent than that implies. It's a ridiculous farce predicated on the female lead being something of an idiot, but it doesn't rankle so much for a few…

Sally Jane Black

Diana Lynn, MVP.

Sean Gilman