Review of State of the Union (1948) by Timothy M — 21 Aug 2010

Capra essentially reworks this into a Mr. Smith redux, but it works like gangbusters. A great cast, with everyone firing on all cylinders. Van Johnson is surprisingly good as goofy comic relief. The Tracy/Hepburn thing isn't milked for all its worth, as it was in Adam's Rib, but it doesn't really matter, since they both get the opportunity to shine again.

And it ends with a long Tracy diatribe as Hepburn watches on, tearing up... amusingly enough. But this is very solid later work from Capra I think... typical, preachy, and never boring.