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Adam's Rib

1949

George Cukor

Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell ...

7.7

11,134

Romance. Comedy Domestic and professional tensions mount when husband Adam Bonner and his wife Amanda work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband.

	Author	Review
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"Of Adam's Rib we might say...that it isn't solid food but it certainly is meaty and juicy and comically nourishing."	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"Irresistible comedy from one of Hollywood's greatest pairings (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"The film is a classic, and deservedly so: the conjunction of Tracy's sly listlessness and Hepburn's stridency defines 'chemistry' in the movies."	POS
United States	Variety	"'Adam's Rib' is a bright comedy success, belting over a succession of sophisticated laughs."	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Milne Time Out	"Delightful Cukor comedy (...) The performances (not least from Wayne and Hagen) are matchless."	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"Nothing could be simpler than the plot of 'Adam's Rib', yet nothing could be more satisfying than the way it plays out on screen. A warm, intimate, gently comic piece of work"	POS
United Kingdom	Paul Gent Telegraph	"The on-screen chemistry between Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy was so powerful that they ended up making nine movies together"	POS
United States	A.A. Dowd AV Club	"Peerless filmmaking (...) The romantic rapport feels timeless"	POS
Australia	Louise Keller Urbancinefile	"The Oscar-nominated script is clever and witty (...) George Cukor directs with a light touch and the film leaps from one priceless moment to the next."	POS

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