Desk Set Reviews

Mildly amusing but not great comedy, penned by the Ephrons from a stage play, this eighth teaming of Tracy and Hepburn places the battle of the sexes in the workplace against the threat of new technology.

Full Review | Original Score: B-

Desk Set is a big, shiny, doohickey coasting on the warm offerings of earlier triumphs.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

[Miss Hepburn and Mr. Tracy] can tote phone books on their heads or balance feathers on their chins and be amusing -- which is about the size of what they do here.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

The Spence & Kate show starts to show its age.

| Original Score: 4/5

So refreshingly smart.

Full Review | Original Score: B

Desk Set is quaintly funny and has a few memorable moments...it's ultimately harmless fun with a gossamer message about technology and gender roles.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

You'd never find a backer for a rom-com with this little relationship anxiety now

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

One of the great Tracy-Hepburn pairings, this adaptation from the Broadway stage focuses on the love that grows from the contentious relationship...

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One of the better Tracy-Hepburn screen pairings.

| Original Score: 5/5

Stagey, but pleasant star vehicle

| Original Score: 4/5

The least, perhaps, of the Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn collaborations...this 1957 comedy is nevertheless a bright and witty vehicle for its stars, directed well and anonymously by that fine old hack Walter Lang.

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| Original Score: 3/5

| Original Score: 3/5

| Original Score: 3/5

| Original Score: 3/5

| Original Score: 3/5

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