#97: Bringing Up Baby (1938)



Starring: Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant
Director: Howard Hawks
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Emily says:
After watching Katherine Hepburn as a mother in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner it was fun to see her here as a much younger actress. She's unbelievably beautiful and hilarious in this film - and Cary Grant's straight man is fun to watch alongside her silly, playful character.

I have to admit, this one doesn't have a ton of substance, but the silly antics of the characters as they try to capture the missing leopard are much fun to watch - a fine example of a comedy.

The scene at the very end with the collapsing dinosaur is a personal favorite - Grant's love for Hepburn in spite of her antics is a heart warming ending to a hilarious film.

Paul says:

Sure, the movie's funny, but I don't think that I even like any of the characters by the end Cary Grant is kinda dumb and Hepburn is horribly inconsiderate. Maybe it was good in its time, and it's pretty entertaining fluff, but it's nothing more. If it were played exactly the same with no-name actors it wouldn't even come close to this list, and that's kinda a shame.

Rating: 7/10

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