Review of The Awful Truth (1937) by Jennifer X — 15 Nov 2008

I think I just have something against McCarey, because I usually love screwball and this is supposed to be the "definitive" one or whatever. Cary Grant is an excellent stock character who can just be dropped into a movie in a second and he can do this thing.

Irene Dunne I hadn't heard of before, and she's not too magnificent. She's not pretty at all, which shouldn't count but does, and lacks the chops to match up with Grant's automatic suaveness.

The sister number was decently cute but never cut it with me. But I didn't HATE her or anything. I mean, it could be worse...she's not as bitchy or annoying as Maureen O'Hara in The Shop Around the Corner.