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His Girl Friday

1940

Howard Hawks

Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart ...

8.0

11,876

Romance. Comedy Hildy Johnson has divorced Walter Burns and visits his office to tell him that she is engaged to another man and that they are going to get married the day after. Walter Burns can't let that happen and frames the other man, Bruce Baldwin, for a lot of stuff getting him into trouble all the time, while he tries to steer Hildy back into her old job as his employee (editor of his newspaper).

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Killian Fox The Guardian	"The ensuing chaos is genuinely hilarious, although you'll have to watch it numerous times to absorb every gag. With great verbal athleticism, the film earns its reputation as one of the fastest-talking comedies ever made."	POS
United Kingdom	Simon Braud Empire	"It is the knockdown drag-out romance that sprinkles 'His Girl Friday' with magic (...) Howard Hawks' finest moment (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Frank S. Nugent The New York Times	"The lines are all cute if you can hear them (...) A bold-faced reprint of what was once—and still remains—the maddest newspaper comedy of our times."	NEU
United States	Chuck Bowen Slant	"It’s alive and electric, ready to bite, a work of art (...) One of the greatest and most mercenary of all American comedies (…) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"Perhaps the funniest, certainly the fastest talkie comedy ever made (...) Quite simply a masterpiece."	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"Hawks's great insight (...) has been justly celebrated; it deepens the comedy in remarkable ways. Cary Grant's performance is truly virtuoso—stunning technique applied to the most challenging material."	POS
United Kingdom	Tony Sloman Radio Times	"The film's great strength is the interplay between the two leads (...) Clever, witty and extremely satisfying, this marvellous film is still achingly funny today (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jesse Hassenger AV Club	"This unflappable, unflagging energy makes 'His Girl Friday' one of the snappiest and most purely enjoyable rom-coms ever made. It’s also a swell screwball tribute to the journalism profession"	POS
United States	Variety	"Casting is excellent (...) Exciting"	POS
United States	Minneapolis Star Tribune	"As timely as ever"	POS

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