Every time Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and Jimmy Stewart connect in a scene, we hear the happy ding! of quality champagne crystal.
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03/04/08
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
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Reviews Counted: 43
Fresh: 43
Rotten:0
Average Rating: 8.6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 56 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: THE PHILADELPHIA STORY boasts an incredible cast, but it's Katharine Hepburn's picture in more ways than one. Tracy Lord (Hepburn), a Philadelphia heiress, is about to marry coal-company executive George Kittridge (John Howard). The... [More]
Starring: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey
Director: George Cukor
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Reviews for The Philadelphia Story
Top Critic With such a stellar cast, a fine director working in the type of picture he did best, and some genuinely witty dialogue, this film has all the ingredients for a great comedy.
07/02/07
The smarties are going to relish Philadelphia Story a lot more than the two-bit trade...
07/02/07
Top Critic George Cukor gives it the royal treatment with a splendid supporting cast...
07/02/07
Top Critic Is The Philadelphia Story about cutting Katharine Hepburn down to size?
06/23/07
Approaching it as a fairytale with a moral--Hepburn meets her prince but gums it up and need to rediscover her own humanity-Cukor directs with stylish elegance that serves the play perfectly-one of his masterpieces and a sampler of Classic Hollywood Cinem
10/05/06
O charme do trio principal e a inteligência dos diálogos permitiram que o filme envelhecesse maravilhosamente bem.
05/08/06
Cukor and Donald Ogden Stewart's evergreen version of Philip Barry's romantic farce, centreing on a socialite wedding threatened by scandal, is a delight from start to finish, with everyone involved working on peak form.
02/09/06
I don't think anyone really cares about the fact that this was intended to be a cunning class satire with a capital C, but it's got big stars, they say cool things, they look good, it's funny, and the right guy gets the right girl in amusing fashion.
12/06/05
[Relies] less on physical comedy and more on immaculately delivered zingers.
03/18/05
Everyone and everything about the film is mostly perfect, and what the movie ultimately says about the nature of love is still prescient.
03/06/05
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