Grant e Hepburn estabelecem uma ótima dinâmica e revelam um impecável timing cômico, mas nem mesmo o ritmo invejável da narrativa consegue ocultar o fato de que algumas de suas principais gags envelheceram mal.
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
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Reviews Counted:35
Fresh:33
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8.4/10
Consensus: With Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy at their effervescent best, Bringing Up Baby is a seamlessly assembled comedy with enduring appeal.
Synopsis: A nonstop profusion of hilarious calamities, coincidences, and misunderstandings ensue when an accident-prone heiress turns a sheltered scientist's life upside down. Dr. David Huxley (Cary Grant)... A nonstop profusion of hilarious calamities, coincidences, and misunderstandings ensue when an accident-prone heiress turns a sheltered scientist's life upside down. Dr. David Huxley (Cary Grant) is a straitlaced paleontologist juggling three important events at once: the arrival of an extremely rare bone needed to complete his brontosaurus skeleton; a meeting to ask for a million dollars for his museum from a wealthy donor; and his impending marriage to the humorless Miss Swallow (Virginia Walker). Into David's life comes Susan (Katharine Hepburn), a free-spirited young woman who seems to bring trouble wherever she goes. Thanks to Susan, David finds himself involved in one ridiculous situation after another, and soon the two are prowling around a country estate looking for the missing dinosaur bone, hunting for a lost pet leopard named Baby, and somehow falling in love. Grant and Hepburn form a sharp-witted and hysterical comic duo, and Howard Hawks directs BRINGING UP BABY with the control of a master, creating a shining example of brilliant screwball comedy. [More]
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles, May Robson
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles, May Robson, Walter Catlett, Fritz Feld, Barry Fitzgerald
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Composer: Roy Webb
Producer: Howard Hawks
Reviews for Bringing Up Baby
There is little rhyme or reason to most of the action, but it's all highly palatable.
One of the highest high points of the entire screwball comedy genre, with its sharp script and wonderfully balanced leads.
Though it's almost impossible, try to sit back sometime and enjoy this 1938 Howard Hawks masterpiece not only for its gags, but for the grace of its construction, the assurance of its style, and the richness of its themes.
It's hard to believe that Hawks' lunatic screwball comedy, one of the genre's best, with top-notch turns by Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn, was underrated by critics and a commercial flop; history proves otherwise.
The speedy, 102-minute film is a total delight, and the performances are so invigorating that it can withstand many multiple viewings without losing its sparks.
The great screwball comedies of the 1930s and ’40s are polar opposites of today’s, which makes revisiting them a joy.
There are many who make the argument that Bringing Up Baby is a forgotten treasure ... Don’t believe a word of it.
A textbook screwball comedy with lovably frantic chemistry between its Golden Age stars.
One of the great screwball comedies of all time; wonderful patter; delightful performances by Hepburn and Grant. A true timeless winner.
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