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There is little rhyme or reason to most of the action, but it's all highly palatable.
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.
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.
If you've never been to the movies, Bringing Up Baby will be all new to you -- a zany-ridden product of the goofy farce school. But who hasn't been to the movies?
Bringing Up Baby's narrative and thematic directions have much in common with those of Shakespearean comedy.
A perfect example of why directors (and even us brilliant professional critics) can often be completely in the dark about what works.
Classic screwball comedy stars Hepburn, Grant.
Grant plays the timid Dr. David Huxley with the proper restraint and tics.
Grant e Hepburn estabelecem uma ótima dinâmica e revelam um impecável timing cômico, mas nem mesmo o ritmo invejável da narrativa consegue ocultar o fato de que algumas de suas principais gags envelheceram mal.
One of the highest high points of the entire screwball comedy genre, with its sharp script and wonderfully balanced leads.
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.
One of the finest screwball comedies ever.
One of Hollywood's greatest comedies.
The great screwball comedies of the 1930s and '40s are polar opposites of today's, which makes revisiting them a joy.
One of those movies that seems to improve upon repeat viewings.
Bringing Up Baby remains an over-appreciated curiosity piece, but the DVD treatment is all-around first rate.
If Hawks had a real gift it was the ability of moving things along.
There are many who make the argument that Bringing Up Baby is a forgotten treasure ... Don't believe a word of it.
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