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A playful allusion to the Book of Genesis, ADAM'S RIB is an inspired farce and perhaps the best showcase for the fantastic Spencer...
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A playful allusion to the Book of Genesis, ADAM'S RIB is an inspired farce and perhaps the best showcase for the fantastic Spencer Tracy/Katharine Hepburn duo. George Cukor uses the chemistry between his stars to create a delightful, sophisticated comedy about the battle between the sexes, based on a sharp and sprightly Oscar-nominated script by Cukor's collaborators, Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin. When two married lawyers take opposite sides of a case, they create comic fireworks both in and out of court. District Attorney Adam Bonner (Tracy) prosecutes a young woman, Doris Attinger (Judy Holliday), who has shot her philandering husband's mistress; her attorney and Bonner's wife, Amanda (Hepburn), is determined to prove that the prosecution's case is only a reflection of sexist double standards. Amanda thinks that women should have the right to do exactly what men have done for years--get revenge. ADAM'S RIB is a film that is superbly directed, written, and acted, a true romantic comedy in classic Cukor ...
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This is a Great film; Why didn't I like It?
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Pros: Superior acting.
Cons: Culture clashes
This film was on one of the cable networks last week. Neither my wife nor I had seen it. The books which rated video films all said that this was as good as you can get. So, needless to say, we watched the film.
I suspect my problem was that this film comes from another time altogether. The "Battle of the Sexes" as they called it then was an opportunity for humor, but humor that operated within the context of conventions about the relationships between men and women. In today's less humorous, more litigious, atmosphere things which were funny then can generate decidely unfunny reactions today. Or, at least in me, they can.
Katherine Hepburn is (as if you had any doubts) truly wonderful. Spencer Tracy is even better than you expect him to be. I just wish I had seen it in 1960.
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