Ball of Fire (1941)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:22
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.3/10
Consensus: A splendidly funny twist on the story of Snow White, Ball of Fire boasts a pair of perfect leads in Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck.
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: BALL OF FIRE opens with a group of eight mild-mannered professors who are hard at work compiling an encyclopedia. Work is dull but progressing well until language expert Bertram Potts (Gary Cooper)... [More]
Starring: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oscar Homolka, Dana Andrews
Director: Howard Hawks
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Reviews for Ball of Fire
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Actor Cooper plays his Mr. Deeds role with the authority of long familiarity, and Miss Stanwyck (once Ruby Stevens, of Brooklyn) is equally at home in hers. Full Review |
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Casting is meticulously perfect to make every character a caricature of itself. Full Review |
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A delight. Full Review |
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As the timid professor and burlesque stripper, Cooper and Stanwyck are at the top of their form in Hawks' delectable screwball comedy, based on a witty script from Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett. Full Review |
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After the rush of His Girl Friday, Ball of Fire is a more sedate ride, full of such marvelous passages as the conga line Stanwyck's delectable Sugarpuss teaches the professors. Full Review |
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Does a fine job subverting the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs children's story. Full Review |
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Pure joy. Full Review |
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What a team: Stanwyck was rarely sexier, Cooper never more endearing. A jewel of a comedy.
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5/5 |
Co-escrito por Billy Wilder e Charles Brackett, o filme tem um ótimo senso de humor, performances hilárias de todo o elenco e direção enérgica de Hawks.
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Cooper and Stanwyck make an attractive pairing in Hawks' consistently funny romantic comedy. Full Review |
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Mr. Cooper may be a little loose-tooth in spots, but he gives a homespun performance such as only he can give. Miss Stanwyck is plenty yum-yum (meaning scorchy) in her worldly temptress role. Full Review |
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A great screwball comedy, with Stanwyck in one of her sexiest roles.
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Cooper also worked with Hawks on Sergeant York, which garnered a lot more attention at the time, but doesn't hold up nearly as well as this delightful treasure. Full Review |
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Not as good as legend has it, but pretty funny
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One of the wittiest scripts ever -- an underrated treasure.
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