A scatterbrained circus lady must cover for her sour schoolmistress sister..
Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for 1930s British comedies where everyone talks just a little too fast, you’ll probably have a good time with Things Are Looking Up. It is a bit of a relic, sure, and some of the schoolroom antics feel like they belong in a dusty textbook, but Cicely Courtneidge carries th...
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"Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for 1930s British comedies where everyone talks just a little too fast, you’ll probably have a good time with Things Are Looking Up. It is a bit of a relic, sure, and some of the schoolroom antics feel like they belong in a dusty textbook, but Cicely Courtneidge carries the whole thing on her back. If you hate slapstick or find old-fashioned stage-y acting exhausting, maybe skip this one. The plot is exactly what you think it is. A circus lady, all..."
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