Done in the satirical Sturges vein, and directed with that same touch, the story makes much of characterization and somewhat wacky comedy, plus some slapstick, with excellent photography figuring throughout.
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11/13/07
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
90 %
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Reviews Counted: 20
Fresh: 18
Rotten:2
Average Rating: 8.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Preston Sturges directs THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK, about Trudy Kockenlocker (Betty Hutton) a party girl who wakes up one morning to find she's married and pregnant, but she cannot remember who,... [More]
Starring: Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, William Demarest, Diana Lynn
Director: Preston Sturges
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Top CriticCaustic and chaotic in the arch Sturges manner, it's probably his funniest and most smilingly malicious film.
11/13/07
Top CriticOne of Sturges' master works, this comedy turns upside down Hollywood's conventions of small-town life with original vision and crackling dialogue. Sturges reverses the notion of boy meets girl and inverts the meanings of masculinity and femininity.
11/19/06
Great verbal gags and non-sequiturs, fast-paced action, and a thorough irreverence for all things deemed respectable -- politicians, policemen and magistrates included -- make it a lasting delight.
06/24/06
One of Preston Sturges' zanier films, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek begs the question: how did he get away with this?
12/17/05
...an extremely dated and thoroughly mediocre piece of work.
10/06/05
Stands out for its sheer audacity of subject matter and its sustained emotional-roller-coaster effect: it's quite possibly the most high-strung movie ever made.
09/05/05
No review available.
07/04/05
The real miracle might be in how the amoral sexual content got by the Hays Office.
02/15/05
Way ahead of its time Sturges comedy, great dialogue, plot
10/23/04
No review available.
10/17/03
Sturges lets it all hang out, never passes over a joke and somehow manages to sustain the pace and quality.
05/24/03
Mr. Sturges as author and director, is thoroughly up to his stinging style in this film.
05/20/03
Top CriticNo review available.
04/04/03
This is the master of subversion's most subversive work.
03/10/03
No review available.
12/30/02
Not Sturges' at his absolute best, but well worth having
08/22/02
No review available.
08/11/02
Miraculously mad masterpiece.
01/01/00
If you enjoy films for their dialog, you are either a Preston Sturges fan or soon will be.
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