Shockingly, this weak Cary Grant-Shirley Temple farce won the original screenplay Oscar in a year in which the other nominees included Body and Soul, A Double Life, Monsieur Verdoux and Shoeshine.
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work ![]()
Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:5
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: After love-struck teenager Susan is found in his apartment late at night, hapless painter Dick is given an unusual choice by the judge, who just so happens to be the girl's sister: date the smitten... After love-struck teenager Susan is found in his apartment late at night, hapless painter Dick is given an unusual choice by the judge, who just so happens to be the girl's sister: date the smitten high-schooler until she gets over her infatuation... or go to prison. The situation becomes even more complicated when the judge's initial hostility towards the philandering artist soon turns to affection. Sidney Sheldon's bizarrely comic script earned him an Academy Award Nomination for Best Original Screenplay. [More]
Starring: Cary Grant, Shirley Temple, Myrna Loy, Rudy Vallee
Starring: Cary Grant, Shirley Temple, Myrna Loy, Rudy Vallee, Ray Collins, Johnny Sands, Harry Davenport, Don Beddoe, Carol Hughes
Director: Irving Reis
Director: Irving Reis
Screenwriter: Sidney Sheldon
Composer: Leigh Harline
Get This Movie
Reviews for The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Cary Grant seems stymied in this claustrophobic, essentially misogynistic material, and director Irving Reis isn't the man to pull him out.
| Tomatometer Percentage | Movie |
|---|---|
| 40% 40% | Surrogates |
| 83% 83% | Whip It |
| 29% 29% | Gamer |
| 97% 97% | The Hurt Locker |
| 81% 81% | Michael Jackson's This… |
| Tomatometer Percentage | Movie |
|---|---|
| 87% 87% | A Serious Man |
| 37% 37% | The Time Traveler's Wife |
| 78% 78% | Bronson |
| 11% 11% | The Stepfather |
RT On Current TV
DIRECTV 358 | Comcast 107 | DISH Network 196 | More...
What’s Hot On RT
Other News
CloseSponsored Links
Around The Network
- The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer at Rotten Tomatoes
Fresh Links
Featured

Check out PopEater's collection of childhood photos of celebs, from Tom Cruise to Kim Kardashian.

TIME's Richard Corliss pores over the Oscar noms for the major awards and offers his take on who will win.

For a different take, the AV Club delves into why awards season is terrible.

Moviefone has put together a list of the actors with the most Razzie noms ever.

Hollywood.com makes a case for a big screen adaptation of popular game Mass Effect.
Promos

Download it from iTunes and get Tomatometer scores straight to your iPhone!



Top Critic
