Adam's Rib

1949 "It's The Hilarious Answer To Who Wears The Pants!"
7.4| 1h40m| NR| en
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When a woman attempts to kill her uncaring husband, prosecutor Adam Bonner gets the case. Unfortunately for him his wife Amanda (who happens to be a lawyer too) decides to defend the woman in court. Amanda uses everything she can to win the case and Adam gets mad about it. As a result, their perfect marriage is disturbed by everyday quarrels.

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MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant
Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
jacobs-greenwood Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn are at the top of their game(s). Standout performances by Judy Holliday and Tom Ewell (and an annoying one by David Wayne) also mark this George Cukor directed film. Jean Hagen also appears. Ruth Gordon's and Garson Kanin's story received an Oscar nomination. Added to the National Film Registry in 1992. #22 on AFI's 100 Funniest Movies list.Tracy and Hepburn are married lawyers who find themselves on opposite sides of a case. Tracy is trying to prosecute Holliday for trying to kill her straying husband Ewell, while Hepburn defends her (the double standard, and all). Wayne is friend of Hepburn's character who gets in the middle of the personal battle that develops between her and Tracy in parallel to their professional one.
Gerardrobertson61 What a sheer delight it was to watch this movie, and I cannot understand why I have not watched it before. The chemistry between Tracy and Hepburn is clearly shown in this comedy and the banter made me smile for the whole duration of the movie. I am now keen to watch the other 8 or so movies that these two classic actors have made together, something that I have surprisingly not thought of before, given my love of the movies of the 40's and 50's. I am not going to review the story, all I am going to say is that this was one of the most enjoyable movies I have watched recently from this era, and I will be definitely adding this to my movie collection. Loved it.
dartleyk often billed as a funny battle of the sexes, it really isn't; it's no contest; tracy comes off as asoft-spoken guy who treats his wife pretty well; hepburn on the other hand is frequently strident and rude; he seems devoted to her while she constantly flirts with the neighbor; he treats her respectfully, she revels in humiliating him at home and at work in court; sure, some of the disconnected skits are funny, mainly helped by judy holiday, not hepburn; and his moment of ethical and legal revenge is instantly dismissed by her; overall needed more give and take like other tracy-hepburn movies, and less of the relentless, one-sided pounding where tracy in the end has to pull a girlish trick to win back the woman who treats him as an incompetent fool
Armand feminism, great performance, humor. and large parts of delight. a revolutionary film, subtle, nice who becomes splendid show in its target - world. the plot is only root for the fascinating duel between Hepburn and Spencer. the agenda of equal rights - almost pretext for a movie who desire amusing and introduce few useful questions.the axis - an unique couple who creates not only convincing characters but use , with admirable precision, the opportunities of script.an inspired spice remains the performance of David Wayne who explores each nuance of ambiguity of his role. a smart film. that is the best verdict after each new discover of this not exactly classic but surely wonderful film.