Review of Adam's Rib (1949) by Lucas Q — 10 Jul 2008
Comedy is great and underrated and this film is both as it delves into the gender issue of woman?s growing want for power the struggle it puts on the family. Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn are one of the screen?s best couple and in this film, they light it up as a married couple of lawyers who take the opposite ends of a case and play out their own frustrations in the courtroom.
Everything is almost pitch perfect and the way the two get along in court is just hilarious, the dropping of a pen and talking under the table. George Cukor who usually leans a bit too much on the side of the female really struck a nice balance here or perhaps that was just because Spencer Tracy no matter how beat can always pull out the stop to get a victory.
This review of Adam's Rib (1949) was written by Lucas Q on 10 Jul 2008.
Adam's Rib has generally received very positive reviews.
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