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A |
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A+ |
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A+ |
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B+ |
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B- |
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Hilarious
by Josh (movies profile)
Feb 13, 2006
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2 people found this review helpful
The Philadelphia story is one of the funniest movies ever. It is down right hilarious. James Stewart gives the best performance of his carrier as the poetry writer who has to write newspaper collems to have enough money to eat. Katherine Hepburn is also very, very good and completely hilarious in her scenes as a spoiled rich woman who tries to pretend she is not so. Cary Grant is also flawless, even more so than Hepburn. He may not get as many laughs as James Stewart, or give quite the performance that Stewart does but he is none the less wonderful as Katherine Hepburns ex-husband who is blackmailed into bringing two people who are going to write about Katherine Hepburns marriage.
The screenplay is wonderfully written with some of the best dialogue ever filmed or written and some wonderful characters. The direction is also memorable but is not really great. You could have had a better director doing a better job, but this guy did fine. The visual effects are pretty good, but not great.
All in all a hilarious oldy film, and one of Hollywoods best comedies. |
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