Adam's Rib (1949)
When a woman attempts to kill her uncaring husband, prosecutor Adam Bonner gets the case. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: George Cukor
Written By: Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
Starring: Will Wright, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, David Wayne, Anna Q. Nilsson, Tom Ewell, Marvin Kaplan, Jean Hagen, Hope Emerson, Emerson Treacy, Judy Holliday
Genres: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
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MartinTeller | 59 16th |
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Fairly entertaining comedy, though I thought Katharine Hepburn was entirely unsympathetic, a self-centered shrew whose efforts were so pathetically misguided as to be laughable (in a way that I don't think was intended).
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Darren | 84 83rd |
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Not until Freddy Got Fingered was the gag of someone sticking a gun in their mouth topped. Bite down on the barrel. Bite down hard!
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Ytadel | 6 70th |
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Hepburn and Tracy doing their romcom thing. Hepburn's character is a little hard to like sometimes, but I can see the charm. I can see it. Also, the character's name is "Adam Bonner," which is just flat-out hilarious.
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PeaceAnarchy | 81 64th |
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At times it feels rather formulaic and forced, but the dynamic between Hepburn and Tracy makes the whole thing worthwhile.
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Stain | 20 19th |
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Tracy and Hepburn don't work for me at all
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Icarus | 70 41st |
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Not as good as it should be. The situation is not all that believable, mostly because of Amanda's weak arguments for equality in a case of clear guilt. Her whole attitude, while playing well off of Tracy's lovable teddy bear character, actually seems to set back the equality argument because of her short-sightedness and manipulative machinations. That said, the dialogue remains snappy, and Tracy's Adam eventually gets his moment, even if it seems a bit more muted than the filmmaker intends.
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| 1 | Jyan | 83 59th |
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A decent little courtroom farce, only the tone was all over the place, and I was never sure who I should be rooting for. A little more focus and this movie could have been a masterpiece.
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Henrik | 80 80th |
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More cleverly amusing than laugh-out-loud funny, but the film's gender role discussion still holds up surprisingly well after 65+ years. The Tracy-Hepburn combo is pure energy, and I really like the hugely talented Judy Holliday.
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| Average Percentile 60.01% from 695 Ratings |  |