Review:

Bringing Up Baby (1938)

overall review score: 4.5
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Bringing Up Baby is a 1938 screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. The film follows a chaotic series of events involving a socially awkward paleontologist, a scatterbrained heiress, a leopard named Baby, and a valuable dinosaur bone.

Key Features

  • Screwball comedy genre
  • Iconic performances by Hepburn and Grant
  • Fast-paced and witty dialogue
  • Madcap plot twists

Pros

  • Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant's chemistry
  • Innovative comedy techniques for the time
  • Timeless humor that still resonates today

Cons

  • Some may find the humor dated or exaggerated

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