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Information
- Year
- 1938
- Runtime
- 102 min.
- Director
- Howard Hawks
- Genre
- Comedy
- Rating *
- 7.8
- Votes *
- 41,243
- Checks
- 11,798
- Favs
- 1,210
- Dislikes
- 147
- Favs/checks
- 10.3% (1:10)
- Favs/dislikes
- 8:1
Top comments
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Typically Thomas
A. Movie. Is. Not. Bad. Because. The. Characters. Are. Not. Likable. 3 years 10 months ago -
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TalkingElvish
Really struggled with this film. I can see the appeal, the manic energy of it and the zaniness of how the story escalates, the amazing outfits, cars, houses and aesthetics, but GOD this is an irritating film. Firstly, why is Cary Grant's character at all appealing? I can see why Grant himself is, especially when he has an implausibly well paying job at which is he is terrible, why these women throw themselves at him is also something I couldn't get behind. Why have the world's most irritating dog bark all through a scene? How is constant yapping anything other than annoying? I get that its illustrating he inanity of everything else in that scene but how about not having that dog at all? Or that scene at all? Everyone in this film is frustrating, it's assumed that we can get on board with their relentless smugness and that the premise of Baby doesn't get old, which it does very quickly. The leading characters' arrogance, wanton waste of money, privilege and time was just too daft to begin with let alone built a story on. So much extraordinary talent was involved with this film, and I'm glad so many people can get something out of it and find it hilarious, but, unlike most screwballs, this was phenomenally irritating from beginning to end. 7 years 2 months ago
In 23 official lists
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This movie ranks #9 in iCheckMovies's 1930s Top 100
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This movie ranks #13 in Paste's The 100 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time
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This movie ranks #14 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs
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This movie ranks #15 in Quentin Tarantino's Coolest Movies of All Time
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This movie ranks #17 in BBC's The 100 Greatest Comedies of All Time
BBC's The 100 Greatest C…
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This movie ranks #33 in Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Library of Congress's Na…
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This movie ranks #35 in IMDb's 1930s Top 50
IMDb's 1930s Top 50
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This movie ranks #42 in Time Out's The 101 Most Romantic Films
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This movie ranks #44 in Geoff King's Film Comedy
Geoff King's Film Comedy
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This movie ranks #51 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions
AFI's 100 Years...100 Pa…
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This movie ranks #57 in Emma Beare's 501 Must-See Movies
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This movie ranks #88 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies
AFI's 100 Years...100 Mo…
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This movie ranks #113 in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
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This movie ranks #122 in TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films
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This movie ranks #122 in The New York Times's Book of Movies
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This movie ranks #127 in BFI's 360 Classic Feature Films Project
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This movie ranks #129 in Mark Cousins's The Story of Film: An Odyssey
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This movie ranks #129 in Sight & Sound's The Greatest Films of All Time
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This movie ranks #139 in The Guardian's 1000 Films to See Before You Die
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This movie ranks #204 in David Thomson's Have You Seen?
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This movie ranks #263 in Halliwell's Top 1000: The Ultimate Movie Countdown
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This movie ranks #381 in Jennifer Eiss's 500 Essential Cult Movies
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This movie ranks #1322 in The Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection
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