After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.
Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is going to be the big movie explosion of the year, and reviewers are going to think twice and think sourly before they'll want to put it down for the clumsy and irritating thing it is.
– Otis Ferguson,
The New Republic,
15 Feb 2011
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One of the finest and consistently interesting dramas of the season.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
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Quintessential Capra - popular wish-fulfilment served up with such fast-talking comic panache that you don't have time to question its cornball idealism.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
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Mr. Smith is one of the best shows of the year. More fun, even, than the Senate itself.