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The More the Merrier Free FREE THE MORE THE MERRIER PDF Anne Fine | 160 pages | 28 Nov 2006 | Random House Children's Publishers UK | 9780440867333 | English | London, United Kingdom The more the merrier | Definition of The more the merrier at Forgot your password? Don't have an account? Sign up here. Already have an account? Log in here. By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Policiesand to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified. Rate this movie. Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. So Fresh: Absolute Must See! You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket. Cinemark Coming Soon. Regal Coming Soon. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address The More the Merrier with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. A sparkling and effervescing piece of entertainment. Variety Staff. Despite The More the Merrier belated drift towards sentimentality, this remains a refreshingly intimate movie. As warm and refreshing a ray of sunshine as we've had in a very late Spring. Bosley Crowther. Stevens moves things along a lot more briskly The More the Merrier is usual for him. Jonathan Rosenbaum. This romantic comedy, the last one directed by George Stevens for Columbia Pictures after 'Penny Serenade' and 'The Talk of the Town', seems to me charming and highly entertaining. Yasser Medina. A gossamer-weight, charming film about how very awful it is to have the war fill every minute of your waking world - I don't know how that alchemy works, but it's sublime. Tim Brayton. George Stevens' charming romantic comedy, about wartime housing conditions, benefits immensely from the chemistry between Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea. Emanuel Levy. Black and white, vaudevillian-style hilarity ensues. Cole Abaius. A delightful and effervescent comedy marked with terrific performances. Charming wartime comedy that only veers towards the end into sentimentality. Dennis Schwartz. Hilarious wartime comedy with Charles Coburn stealing the show. Steve Crum. Top Box Office. More Top Movies Trailers. Certified Fresh Picks. Black Mirror: Season 5. Into The Dark: Season 2. Lovecraft Country: Season 1. The More the Merrier Mandalorian: Season 1. Saturday Night Live: Season Orphan Black: Season 5. Watchmen: Season 1. The Walking Dead: Season Certified Fresh Pick. View All. Fall TV Log in with Facebook. Email address. Log In. First Name. Last Name. By signing up, The More the Merrier agree to receiving newsletters from Rotten Tomatoes. You may later unsubscribe. 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When Dingle notices their The More the Merrier in each other, he attempts to play matchmaker -- but instead causes problems for the entire apartment. George Stevens. Fred GuiolGeorge Stevens. May 23, Jean Arthur Connie Milligan. Joel McCrea Joe Carter. Charles Coburn Benjamin Dingle. Richard Gaines Charles J. Bruce Bennett Evans. Frank Sully Drunk. Clyde Fillmore Senator Noonan. Stanley Clements Morton Rodakiewicz. George Stevens Director. Richard Flournoy Writer. Lewis R. Foster Writer. Garson Kanin Writer. Frank Ross Writer. Urban Dictionary: the more the merrier Accessed 21 Oct. Comments on the more the merrier What made you want to look up the more the merrier? Please tell us where you read or heard it including the quote, if possible. Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way. The More the Merrier to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! You can never have too much storage. 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Easily the best film that I've ever seen from George Stevens and I really like several of his other films. Jean Arthur stars as a woman renting out half of her apartment because of a housing shortage in Washington D. Charles Coburn, who is in Washington to help solve the crisis, weasles his way into the apartment even though Arthur didn't want a male roommate. The morning after, Joel McCrea arrives with yesterday's newspaper, not knowing that the vacancy exists no more. No matter, though. Coburn rents half of his half of the apartment to McCrea, unbeknownst to Arthur. God knows this premise could have made one hell of a sitcom, but it also makes a damn funny movie. There isn't an unfunny scene in the entire film, and several scenes vie for the title of Best Romantic Comedy of all times with Preston Sturges' contemporaneous films. The three The More the Merrier are remarkable. They have great chemistry as a comic trio, and McCrea and Arthur throw sparks off the screen with their surprisingly erotic romance. I failed to mention that Arthur is engaged to The More the Merrier older man, adding to the dilemma. I love the way his mouth moves. Grady Sutton has a very funny cameo near the end of the film as a waiter. Stevens' direction is exceptional. It's shocking how believably he pulls off the scene in which McCrea and Arthur wander around the apartment without bumping into each other. This is reminiscent of a The More the Merrier scene from Buster Keaton's The Navigator, and it's even funnier. Or that The More the Merrier scene where McCrea gives a carrying case to Jean Arthur. Their acting is so subtly romantic in that scene. I love the way Stevens films it. Looking for some great streaming picks? Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Visit our What to Watch page. Sign In. 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