Review of Bringing Up Baby (1938) by Four Star F — 06 Feb 2013
In this mile-a-minute screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks, Cary Grant is forced to deal with Katharine Hepburn's ditsy socialite character. A Paleontologist (Grant) has been trying to assemble a dinosaur but he is missing a bone.
On top of that Huxley is about to enter into an unhappy marriage and he also must impress a museum donor. The next day he meets a socialite (Hepburn) by accident and through a mix up he finds himself being taken to her home in order to help take care of a tame leopard named Baby.
In the following chaos a dog buries the bone needed for the dinosaur, visitors come, Baby runs away, a wild leopard is on the loose, and the free-spirited girl finds herself falling for "Mr. Bone.
" To complicate matters, the pair wind up in jail trying to explain their story to a quirky constable. In the end everything works out and despite the craziness, Huxley realizes he cannot live without this girl.
This may not be my favorite screwball comedy, but I would say it definitely is the zaniest and that stands for something.
This review of Bringing Up Baby (1938) was written by Four Star F on 06 Feb 2013.
Bringing Up Baby has generally received very positive reviews.
Was this review helpful?
