Rating: Not Rated
Movie Release Date: February 18, 1938
DVD Release Date: March 1, 2005
Plot 411: A paleontologist chasing a million dollar endowment gets sidetracked when he meets a true free spirit and his world is turned upside down.
Review: Holy cow, this was the funniest movie I've seen in forever! It was totally unexpected. You really gotta pay attention to the lines because they're so clever and witty. They're also spoken really quickly by Katharine Hepburn, who plays Susan Vance, a free-spirited woman who meets a bumbling scientist named David Huxley (Cary Grant). Better than the plot itself is the banter between Hepburn and Grant. Awesome! Grant's many exasperated expressions are simply priceless. During one of his many moments of frustration I thought perhaps he might be overdoing it, but I think I've got to reconsider. To me, Grant is almost unrecognizable as Huxley because I'm used to seeing him as the suave male lead. This time he really took the backseat to Hepburn's antics. She is hysterical and at some points completely absurd. She's annoyingly good at portraying this character who lives in the moment and just follows her gut regardless of anything or anyone else. Huxley first encounters Vance while on the golf course trying to woo a donation out of the representative of a rich woman. Vance then tries to drive away in this Huxley's car and does so with him hanging onto the running boards. The hijinks just proceed from there - slipping on an escaped olive, tearing of tux tails, shielding the backside of a torn dress and a special gift of a live leopard. Huxley's day goes from bad to worse and I loved every minute of it.
Movie Release Date: February 18, 1938
DVD Release Date: March 1, 2005
Plot 411: A paleontologist chasing a million dollar endowment gets sidetracked when he meets a true free spirit and his world is turned upside down.
Review: Holy cow, this was the funniest movie I've seen in forever! It was totally unexpected. You really gotta pay attention to the lines because they're so clever and witty. They're also spoken really quickly by Katharine Hepburn, who plays Susan Vance, a free-spirited woman who meets a bumbling scientist named David Huxley (Cary Grant). Better than the plot itself is the banter between Hepburn and Grant. Awesome! Grant's many exasperated expressions are simply priceless. During one of his many moments of frustration I thought perhaps he might be overdoing it, but I think I've got to reconsider. To me, Grant is almost unrecognizable as Huxley because I'm used to seeing him as the suave male lead. This time he really took the backseat to Hepburn's antics. She is hysterical and at some points completely absurd. She's annoyingly good at portraying this character who lives in the moment and just follows her gut regardless of anything or anyone else. Huxley first encounters Vance while on the golf course trying to woo a donation out of the representative of a rich woman. Vance then tries to drive away in this Huxley's car and does so with him hanging onto the running boards. The hijinks just proceed from there - slipping on an escaped olive, tearing of tux tails, shielding the backside of a torn dress and a special gift of a live leopard. Huxley's day goes from bad to worse and I loved every minute of it.
Watch It: For the best verbal sparring in decades. I almost feel like I need to watch this film again to make sure I got all the jokes.
Skip It: If after about 15 minutes of Vance you become completely unhinged. Yes, she is pretty maddening and will only get worse as the movie progresses.
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