Six decades before Diablo Cody and Juno, Preston Sturges carried unplanned comedy to term.
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09/01/09
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:18
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8.1/10
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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Reviews for The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
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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.
11/13/07
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
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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