Strictly average movie

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

It's good to change pace with a really outstanding movie dated 1934. By this stage, of course, Hollywood had fully recovered from both early talkie doldrums and experimentation. What we have in Hide-Out is polished perfection. The photography (mostly the work of Ray June) shimmers; the direction (Woody Van Dyke) contrives to be both polished yet inventive; the script manages an abrupt plot and mood U-turn with admirable skill; and the players - whether current stars (Robert Montgomery, Maureen O'Sullivan), upcoming favorites (Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Patterson, Edward Arnold); a moonlighting Broadway fixture (Whitford Kane in his first of only eight movies); cheeky blondes (Lucille Browne, Muriel Evans, Roberta Gale, Louise Henry, Jeanette Loff); or beloved character charismatics (Edward Brophy, Henry Armetta, Douglass Dumbrille, Herman Bing) - are never less than entrancing. (I would rate the Warner Archive DVD as at least 9 out of 10).

Good acting by Robert Montgomery,-- usually in upper-class boyfriend or husband leads in the '30s --- here having great fun as a young gangster-impresario, hiding out from the law in the home of innocent country farmers who don't suspect a thing. Montgomery has good chemistry with Maureen O'Sullivan, very natural and lovely as the farmer's daughter. Mickey Rooney is fun as the mischievous little brother with a hutch full of pet rabbits and a slingshot. Rooney shows off the talent for crying on cue that became one of his acting trademarks, and easily passes for no more than 11, though IMDb confirms he was 14 at the time. Tidy script combining a budding romance, gentle humor, and a look at an earlier era that seems slightly over-nostalgic from the perspective of 2016. This soft-focus is well offset by sharp support from Edward Arnold and Edward Brophy as two tough city cops. I think this could be enjoyed by anyone with an interest in history. "The Grapes of Wrath" it's not, yet the small farm family and their home are depicted honestly and without pretension. Children as young as 4 or 5 might enjoy seeing all the different farm animals who are (mostly) treated as loved pets.

About handsome, smartly-dressed "Lucky" Wilson (played by Robert Montgomery), ladies' man and racketeer who spends his time hitting up successful New York nightclubs for "protection" money and at the same time hits on every blonde he sees (even when it means dumping the current blonde he's with). When a couple of smart cops get someone to spill the beans on his rackets, Lucky is forced to leave town in a hurry and head for a hideout, but he gets himself shot on the way out and ends up getting picked up on the road by a Connecticut farmer, who bunks injured Lucky in his quite lovely family home/farm. The kindly family proceeds to nurse Lucky back to health, but Lucky just wants to get out of there - until he meets the farmer's beautiful daughter Pauline (Maureen O'Sullivan). Soon he's feeding the chickens, milking the cow, picking cherries, chopping wood, and performing other farm chores (all dressed in his nice white shirt and jacket) all in pursuit of the girl. And the family has NO clue that Lucky is a criminal!Very entertaining film, with excellent performances by all including Elizabeth Patterson as the charitable farm wife/mom, and a young Mickey Rooney as the boisterous little brother/devoted rabbit farmer. Robert Montgomery is, as usual, charming and oh so attractive, and quite good at playing this gangster type role in addition to his usual roving playboy type - plus he has a good deal of chemistry with Maureen O'Sullivan here. I enjoyed the story in this and found the whole film to be very enjoyable. Well worth seeing.

Yeah Yeah Yeah, I read about the Cliché's, but thats why I watch movies like these. I want a predictable ending, I want cliché's. I don't want to be emotionally challenged, I want to be entertained. A forgotten concept in todays movies. Occasionally weak acting and improvisation that lends a sense of realism. I like the mix between actual barnyard scenes and studio shots, probably technologically difficult in those times. Overall a very satisfying movie, and you gotta love Mickey Rooney as an ornery boy. I would have liked to see a sequel where the main character gets out of Jail and goes back. Marries the Girl, fixes the milk problem for Pa, and raises a passel of little piglets.