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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,... 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, of six possible American soldiers, is the lucky guy. [More]

Starring: Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, William Demarest, Diana Lynn

Starring: Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, William Demarest, Diana Lynn

Director: Preston Sturges

Director: Preston Sturges

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Sep 6, 2005

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Miraculously mad masterpiece.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
01/01/00
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Sturges lets it all hang out, never passes over a joke and somehow manages to sustain the pace and quality.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/24/03
Channel 4 Film

Mr. Sturges as author and director, is thoroughly up to his stinging style in this film.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/20/03
Bosley Crowther
Bosley Crowther
New York Times

No review available.

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10/17/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Caustic and chaotic in the arch Sturges manner, it's probably his funniest and most smilingly malicious film.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
11/13/07
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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...an extremely dated and thoroughly mediocre piece of work.

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
10/06/05
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

The real miracle might be in how the amoral sexual content got by the Hays Office.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
02/15/05
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

One 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.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
11/19/06
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

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.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

One of Preston Sturges' zanier films, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek begs the question: how did he get away with this?

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
12/17/05
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Not Sturges' at his absolute best, but well worth having

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08/22/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

No review available.

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08/11/02
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

This is the master of subversion's most subversive work.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

No review available.

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04/04/03
Matt Bailey
Matt Bailey
Not Coming to a Theater Near You

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.

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
09/05/05
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

No review available.

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12/30/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Six decades before Diablo Cody and Juno, Preston Sturges carried unplanned comedy to term.

Full Review Source: minnpost.com | comment Comment
09/01/09
Rob Nelson
Rob Nelson
minnpost.com

If you enjoy films for their dialog, you are either a Preston Sturges fan or soon will be.

Full Review Source: Glyphs Film Guide | comment Comment
01/01/00
Scott Tobias
Scott Tobias
Glyphs Film Guide

Way ahead of its time Sturges comedy, great dialogue, plot

comment Comment
10/23/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

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.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
11/13/07
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