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  Review by BRAT ★★★★ 5

  irene dunne: *sings*
  cary grant: *falls down*
  me: 4 stars

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  Review by laird ★★★★★ 1

  Leo McCarey: Master of hat comedy.

  Cary Grant: Master of full body comedy.

  Irene Dunne: Master.

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  Review by eely ★★★½

  the moral of the story is if you’re dumb enough to divorce cary grant your dog will betray you and you will be stuck with a boring oklahoman man who lives with his mother.

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  Review by SilentDawn ★★★★ 6

  76

  Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. That's it, that's the review.

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  Review by eely ★★★½

  cary grant would have been 116 years old today. 116 years of improperly sitting on couches, elegantly falling out of chairs, and lying in bed in a pose which i like to call the “sleepy but intrigued swan.” how sad that we only got 82 years of that magic.

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  Review by nora ★★★½ 3

  divorce me cary grant 😩😩😩😩

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  Review by russman ★★★★

  Mr. Smith goes to divorce court

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  Review by Steve G 🇵🇸 🇾🇪 ★★★★ 2

  I wonder if Marilyn Monroe ever watched this film?

  What I seem to be doing at the moment with my filmwatching is starting to plug some holes in my cinematic knowledge. It has been inadvertent but I had noticed that particular pattern had emerged in the last few weeks or so.

  What with me having broken my Paul Thomas Anderson duck last night, making vague noises about watching more musicals, and even dipped my toe into Japanese noir, I now find myself tackling the screwball comedy. I know, sometimes I surprise even myself.

  Truth be told, The Awful Truth just happened to be a title that caught my eye - like I say, completely inadvertent. I have ventured into these…

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  Review by Paul Elliott ★★★★ 2

  Leo McCarey’s directorial style which is generally unbounded by rules or conventions manages to function marvellously in this screwball comedy concerning suspicious married couple Jerry and Lucy Warriner, played by Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, agreeing on filing for an amicable divorce and then subsequently impeding in one another's ensuing romances. 

  Dunne and Grant both give outstanding performances in a reasonably typical story arc that is entirely transformed by the encouragement of McCarey for extensive improvisation from the cast while on set, which initially, according to production reports, established a loss of enthusiasm and confidence from many of the cast members; however, it's predominantly this rapport between the actors which brings about this being so sharply humorous.

  Viña Delmar’s vivacious…

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  Review by Quintin 📽 Philipson ★★★★

  Jerry: "Say, are you hungry?"
  Armand: "Well, to tell you the truth, I'm starved."
  Jerry: "Well, why don't you go out and grab yourself a bite."

  There were definitely parts of the film that felt silly at times but overall this film was charming and comical.

  Cary Grant has never had a bad performance and I absolutely love him in this film.

  Criterion Challenge

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  Review by Jonny ★★★½

  Cary grant confidently thinking he his going to win custody of the dog and then immediately losing it sums up this year pretty well.

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  Review by Disgustipated ★★★★ 4

  Film School Drop Outs Challenge 2017 - Week 6 - Genre - Romance - Screw Ball Comedy

  “Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.”
  ― Henry Kissinger

  The only Screwball Comedy I had seen before now was His Girl Friday. It was a real doozy of a film, a thrilling depiction of a highly entertaining battle between a divorced couple, played by Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, as they go at it hammer and tongs. It felt like I had court-side seats to a tennis open grand final as the couple traded verbal zingers back and forth with panache and force until one of them lobbed up an opportunity for…