Pat and Mike Reviews
Top CriticRuth Gordon and Garson Kanin here wrote an engaging screenplay about emotion-without-display for their rare uncut diamonds.
Classic Film and Television
Original comedy, with a rich look at women's sports - and gender roles.
DVDLaser
The familiarity the two stars communicate goes far beyond the script.
Tracy is given some choice lines in the script and makes much of them in an easy, throwaway style that lifts the comedy punch.
One of the better Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn comedies -- not so much for the screenplay by Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon, which lacks the bite and sophistication of Adam's Rib, as for the relaxed and graceful interplay of the stars.
The best of the Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn cycle.
EmanuelLevy.Com
The film doesn't have much plot but the dialogue is bright, and the roles tailor-made for stars Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Hepburn demonstrates with physical strength what she proved in Adam's Rib with intellect, that women can be equal to men
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| Original Score: A-
There are far too many shots featuring real-life sports stars, but the sparring leads, and Ray's dim boxer, work superbly together under Cukor's deceptively effortless, always elegant direction.
Let's not be too analytic about the likelihood of the yarn or the tightness of the script Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin have written for this romp.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Kalamazoo Gazette
Another fine teaming, with great support from Aldo Ray
| Original Score: 4/5
Martha's Vineyard Times (Massachusetts)
Hepburn and Tracy at their romantic-antagonistic best!
| Original Score: 4/5
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Tracy and Hepburn turn in unforgettable performances.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
Empire Magazine
Not quite as fully realised as the classic Adam's Rib, but generally good.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Pat and Mike saunters through its 96 minutes with a casual, unassuming air.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Slight sports comedy.
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| Original Score: C+
