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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:30
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.7/10
Consensus: Capturing its stars and director at their finest, It Happened One Night remains unsurpassed by the countless romantic comedies it has inspired.
Synopsis: Director Frank Capra and his two stars, Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, stole hearts and a quintet of Oscars with this sparkling, legendary romantic comedy. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT is based on the... [More]
Starring: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Alan Hale
Director: Frank Capra
Capra's sense of humour is a little like that of Preston Sturges, though less caustic; and the film shows its stars at their best, Colbert as one of Hollywood's fresher comediennes, Gable as dumb-but-loveable hunk.
This classic comedy is the first movie ever to sweep the five major Oscar categories.
It Happened One Night (1934) is one of the greatest romantic comedies in film history, and a film that has endured in popularity. It is considered one of the pioneering
Not only will the Walls of Jericho fall, but so will the walls of your heart.
One of the most enduring romantic comedies of Hollywood’s golden age… The opposites-attract comedy still works, though Gable’s dismissive treatment of pampered Colbert, which played well with Depression-era audiences, seems dated today.
It Happened One Night is a good piece of fiction, which, with all its feverish stunts, is blessed with bright dialogue and a good quota of relatively restrained scenes.
Top CriticThe ultimate dizzy, romantic, screwball comedy.
This is Capra at his best, very funny and very light, with a minimum of populist posturing.
The story of a runaway heiress falling in with a devilish, wise-cracking reporter on a cross-country roadtrip now seems like a cliché only because so many other films have copied its structure.
Who can resist a movie where the girl's father provides his daughter with a getaway car from her own wedding?
This charming romantic comedy, while grounded in the context of the Depression, offered light fare that's uncharacteristic of Capra. It might have been the first true sleeper since no one involved anticipated such critical and commercial success.
Only minorly dated, this film would play well for modern audiences despite being more than 70 years old.
It Happened One Night is a true classic in every sense of the word, one that withstands the test of time and indeed defies it completely.
... stands as a significant landmark in cinema history, giving birth for more romantic comedies to come
An old school classic.
Top CriticA very funny and breezy comedy.
One of those stories that without a particularly strong plot manages to come through in a big way, due to the acting, dialog, situations and direction.
Top CriticUma pérola de bom humor e otimismo.
The romantic comedy that all others draw from, few imitate effectively, and none have been able to replicate.
...one of the smartest romantic comedies of the season. The Capra technique is evident in this story of a rich man's daughter who rebels at her father's objection to her marriage to an aviator.
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