JinRoz For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Stephan Hammond It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Benedito Dias Rodrigues Although it was made in thirties it's a great funny picture from the Fantastic Laurel and Hardy so famous in Brazil,one the best early comedies from the duo,mixing musical and comedy ours friends has to joint with the thieves to try to recover their stolen money,apart them another highlight is the beauty Thelma Todd in a sexy role,sadly years later he was found dead in most mysterious case of murder in Hollywood,unsolved by detectives and even closed and issued as suicide didn't has a proper conclusion for lack of proves,great lost to the cinema!!Resume:First watch: 2018 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.25

JoeKarlosi Laurel and Hardy play two hapless would-be bandits who team up as servants of the notorious Fra Diavlo (Dennis King), whose career is schmoozing with the upper class with intentions to rob them blind. But the kindly Stan and Ollie decide to foil his plans and try to capture him and perhaps reap a handsome reward. When the comedy duo are on screen, they deliver amusement and don't disappoint their fans. But how much one will enjoy this musical/comedy depends on their tolerance for Operettas of this time. In my case, they make me want to stab myself with a kitchen knife, and I have never liked when Laurel and Hardy's comical antics are put on hold so we can suffer through more singing, courtesy of Mr. King as he tries to woo Thelma Todd. When Stan and Ollie themselves are not center stage, the film becomes a burden, with cringe-inducing crooning so awful that it makes the songs in Abbott and Costello's 1940s films sound like catchy Rock 'N Roll. **1/2 out of ****

Boba_Fett1138 This is yet another long Laurel & Hardy movie which uses a classic and well known story as the basis for the movie. This time its the libretto; Fra Diavolo, set in the early 18th century Italy.Problem with these sort of Laurel & Hardy pictures always is that the story distracts from their antics. It causes the movie to be a bit too often too serious and leaves too little room for Laurel & Hardy's great comical talent and timing. Most of the time the different characters in this movie fulfill the roles of the main characters and Laurel & Hardy turn in into merely comical sidekicks who provide the comical relief.But it definitely is true that this movie is a well made one. It's directed by Hal Roach himself and has some fine looking sets and costumes. It distinct this movie from most other Laurel & Hardy pictures from the same period. It provides the movie with some good looking sequences. The story is nicely told although but at certain points it starts to drag a little. Nevertheless the movie remains for most part a perfectly entertaining one to watch.There still also are plenty of enough comical great sequences by the two boys, who provide the movie with some memorable and enjoyable moments throughout the movie. The movie further more features Laurel & Hardy regulars Thelma Todd and James Finlayson, in big roles, who also add to the entertainment value and comical level of this movie.This definitely isn't the most pleasant or must fun Laurel & Hardy movie around to watch but this movie still offers plenty of enough reasons why this movie still is a perfectly good and entertaining one to watch.7/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

oxbridgeup "The Devil's brother" is not an accurate translation of "Fra Diavolo." "Fra" in this sense was for "frater" not "fratello". Frater, of course, being a title for a religious who was not a priest. It was a common practice to address such a person as "Fra Giovanni" (brother John). Because of the bloodthirstiness of the actual person, Azzolino da Romano,(who was mentioned in Dante's "Inferno"- XII), he was nicknamed "Brother Devil"; in particular for his massacre of the citizens of Padua.