Review of His Girl Friday (1940) by Gary C — 20 Mar 2008
His Girl Friday features one of the great screwball partnerships of all time as Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell bicker and swap wisecracks faster than a pair of Grouchos on amphetamines. Russell is a wonderfully independent female lead, giving as good as she gets from Grant's hilariously immoral and hustling newspaper editor.
Beneath the fast paced laughs there is also plenty of black comedy and social satire to be had, poking fun at the media's attitude to what is "newsworthy", political corruption and a veiled commentary on the validity of the death penalty.
Which all may go relatively unnoticed as you'll probably find yourself laughing too hard! Classic comedy.
This review of His Girl Friday (1940) was written by Gary C on 20 Mar 2008.
His Girl Friday has generally received very positive reviews.
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