Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:13
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A sharp writer, who has never stepped foot in a kitchen, wrote a cooking column for a women's magazine. She posed as a happy homemaker, complete with husband, babe and country estate, to trick her... [More]
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, Reginald Gardiner
Director: Peter Godfrey
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Reviews for Christmas in Connecticut
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Thoroughly moth-eaten. Full Review |
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If this mildly amusing screwball comedy about mistaken identity has a conservative slant of glorifying housewives it's due to the zeitgeist: It was made in 1945, at the end of WWII, when men were coming home and women sent back to the kitchen. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
A sometimes hilarious farce and a holiday favorite. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
Peter Godfrey, the director, has a good deal to learn about the art of telling a boudoir joke in the parlor and getting away with it. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
reasonably good fun, and Stanwyck actually overcomes the role's limitations Full Review |
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B |
Delightfully cheerful screwball comedy that is especially suited for the Christmas holidays. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Breezy, fun holiday comedy that has dated somewhat.
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4/5 |
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4/5 |
Okay, mildly amusing Christmas fare.
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4/5 |
A gem of a holiday comedy: Stanwyck is adorable
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Silly as its premise may be, the film itself is both hilarious and heart-warming. Full Review |
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9/10 |
All in all, though, this is all very fluffy and silly and perfectly wonderful. Full Review |
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Frolicsome in an artificially hearty sort of way. Full Review |
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