There is little rhyme or reason to most of the action, but it's all highly palatable.
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04/02/08
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
94 %
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Reviews Counted: 35
Fresh: 33
Rotten:2
Average Rating: 8.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A nonstop profusion of hilarious calamities, coincidences, and misunderstandings ensue when an accident-prone heiress turns a sheltered scientist's life upside down. Dr. David Huxley (Cary Grant) is a straitlaced paleontologist... [More]
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles, May Robson
Director: Howard Hawks
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Reviews for Bringing Up Baby
Top Critic One of the highest high points of the entire screwball comedy genre, with its sharp script and wonderfully balanced leads.
04/02/08
Though it's almost impossible, try to sit back sometime and enjoy this 1938 Howard Hawks masterpiece not only for its gags, but for the grace of its construction, the assurance of its style, and the richness of its themes.
06/26/07
Top Critic It's hard to believe that Hawks' lunatic screwball comedy, one of the genre's best, with top-notch turns by Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn, was underrated by critics and a commercial flop; history proves otherwise.
05/07/06
The speedy, 102-minute film is a total delight, and the performances are so invigorating that it can withstand many multiple viewings without losing its sparks.
05/05/05
Top Critic The great screwball comedies of the 1930s and ’40s are polar opposites of today’s, which makes revisiting them a joy.
04/08/05
There are many who make the argument that Bringing Up Baby is a forgotten treasure ... Don’t believe a word of it.
02/28/05
A textbook screwball comedy with lovably frantic chemistry between its Golden Age stars.
09/16/04
One of the great screwball comedies of all time; wonderful patter; delightful performances by Hepburn and Grant. A true timeless winner.
01/07/04
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