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Bringing Up Baby

Bringing Up Baby

1938
Romance, Comedy
1h 42m
David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances... (imdb)

Directed by:

Howard Hawks

Screenwriter:

Dudley Nichols, Hagar Wilde

Starring:

Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Charles Ruggles, Walter Catlett, Barry Fitzgerald, May Robson, Tala Birell, Billy Bevan, George Irving, Fritz Feld, Leona Roberts, Virginia Walker

Genres:

Romance, Comedy

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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Bringing Up Baby

1938
Romance, Comedy
1h 42m
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sveneriksvenerik
Rated 22 Oct 2009
30
4th
I am certainly not blind to Howard Hawks' talents, finding "Rio Bravo," "Only Angels Have Wings" and "The Big Sleep" to be deeply enjoyable experiences. However, I don't think he does "funny" terribly well, or maybe screwball itself just doesn't turn my crank. I think that part of the problem is that I find Hepburn viscerally unappealing and Grant also has the ability to annoy me. Combined they are frankly insufferable. My PSI was 92 but for once criticker got it exactly backwards.
Rated 22 Oct 2009
martintellerMartinTeller
Rated 14 Aug 2007
54
10th
Oy. I hate comedies like this, where one horrible thing after another happens and everything gets worse and worse and more and more annoying. I know it's supposed to be funny, but I get frustrated with it. I just wanted Cary Grant to punch Katherine Hepburn in the nose. The leopard was cute, though.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
chemical404chemical404
Rated 29 Sep 2014
69
80th
What a bitch. No, really, Hepburn's character is just too annoying and this film is too frantic to be enjoyable. However, it's a treasure trove for psychoanalysis. Grant plays an emasculated intellectual man (surprisingly, he manages this role) about to marry Ms. Swallows (ironic, because she doesn't), but end ups spending the film looking for the lost bone (ehem...) with Hepburn and her pet leopard (definitely vagina dentata) demeaning his masculinity in every which way possible along the way.
Rated 29 Sep 2014
stainStain
Rated 30 Mar 2007
0
8th
Thoroughly and completely not funny
Rated 30 Mar 2007
cclzaCCLZA
Rated 20 Feb 2007
90
95th
Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant in the best screwball comedy ever filmed.
Rated 20 Feb 2007
vialov3sgyuvia_lov3sgyu
Rated 25 Oct 2022
95
31st
slayful screwball comedy. honestly made my face hurt from smiling so much and my lungs hurt from laughing.
Rated 25 Oct 2022
rojatumerojatume
Rated 15 Jul 2021
91
97th
I am exhausted from laughing. I was not prepared for this.
Rated 15 Jul 2021
wicheWiche
Rated 10 May 2020
85
89th
I see why Cary Grant falls in love with Katharine Hepburn, because I would too. She is absolutely gorgeous, witty, chaotic beyond belief in an adorable way.
Rated 10 May 2020
twincinematwincinema
Rated 04 Aug 2019
90
92nd
It's rare that a comedy from the 1930s holds up. The Marx Brothers? Get the garbage outta here.
Rated 04 Aug 2019
nathanbatesNathanBates
Rated 05 Aug 2018
60
35th
The first twenty minutes are headache-inducing, but once the setup is over and you've thrown your lot in with these characters -- however annoying they can be -- you might get some laughs out of the totally impossible conundrums that occur. Mindless fun, but I think it's a little overrated, perhaps due to Grant and Hepburn's great pairing in Philadelphia Story a few years later.
Rated 05 Aug 2018
ocelotOcelot
Rated 03 Feb 2014
25
17th
This is one of those films that makes me feel like an alien. Cary Grant does the best with what he's given, and the positives end there. All the humor in the movie comes from characters either flailing wildly or getting hit with this or falling down, like a 30's equivalent of an Adam Sandler movie. Hepburn is almost as funny as a dead baby, the supporting characters are even worse, and the editing and sound -- the two most useful tools in comedy, production wise -- are terrible. Fuck this movie.
Rated 03 Feb 2014
aflickeringAFlickering
Rated 04 Jan 2014
7
94th
ushering in a sexual awakening that would only blossom further in hawks' '40s works...
Rated 04 Jan 2014
payenspayens
Rated 13 Jan 2013
70
38th
No, no, no, sir, this hasn't aged well. Silly and annoying in many parts, without being able to get a single laugh out of me. But, with a cast and a director like Grant, Hepburn and Hawks it is impossible to have a bad movie.
Rated 13 Jan 2013
hofschneiderHofschneider
Rated 23 Feb 2012
57
11th
Hepburn gives mabye the most annoying performance in cinema-history!
Rated 23 Feb 2012
valenzettiValenzetti
Rated 27 Jul 2011
83
65th
The screwball comedy rhythm: character gag, confusion/repetition gag, character gag, confusion/repetition gag, etc. The former are funny and end on a high, the latter are funny and continue to the point of annoyance. The good screwballs (as here) draw enough forward momentum from their casts' energy that you can charge on through the telegraphed punchlines to ride the highs. If Hepburn's character is a Manic Pixie Dream Girl, it's the most bearable for focusing on "Manic" rather than "Dream".
Rated 27 Jul 2011
dmcrimsonDMCrimson
Rated 11 Apr 2010
70
14th
I was hoping the entire third act would be Cary Grant reviving the brontosaurus to kill Hepburn.
Rated 11 Apr 2010
jebJeb
Rated 28 Dec 2009
93
84th
Early screwball comedy that executes all of its goofy gags with adherent precision. It is silly, puerile, infantile and brainless. However, Grant and Hepburn are so zealous and committed to their roles that they make this somewhat more preferable.
Rated 28 Dec 2009
moribunnyMoribunny
Rated 09 Aug 2009
40
27th
The loudmouthed, obnoxious Hepburn and Grant are nearly as intolerable as they are in The Philadelphia Story, and it's really beyond me the adulation that this pairing receives. However, from Baby's first entrance and then every time he is on screen or anything to do with him - there is a vast improvement. Unfortunately there's not enough of him to make up for the annoying leads or the frivolous yet largely unfunny text.
Rated 09 Aug 2009
farzanFarzan
Rated 21 Jun 2009
90
89th
Oh my lord, I wanted to shut this off not even halfway through the movie. Not because it was bad, but because it was painfully hard to watch. Every scene has some disaster in it that just makes you cringe. Bringing up Baby is extremely funny, the acting is great, it is an extremely charming film. If you can actually watch this movie from start to finish, without feeling the slightest bit sorry for Cary Grant, you have no soul.
Rated 21 Jun 2009
joojooJooJoo
Rated 31 Aug 2008
2
16th
Tried watching this twice and just cannot take anymore by the halfway point.
Rated 31 Aug 2008
eveeluneveelun
Rated 09 Dec 2007
70
42nd
Goofy fun and the gags are executed perfectly, but the schtick wears thin in places. Also, don't expect any sort of social satire or any deeper subtext.
Rated 09 Dec 2007
rotaciravrotacirav
Rated 08 Nov 2024
34
10th
Nerds who don’t adhere to the American way of life just haven’t found the right girl to bully them into conformity – it’s The Rosie Project with a 30s star cast, and a script that goes to any length of implausibility to make Hepburn’s character the biggest female jerk I’ve ever seen on a screen (maybe Carole Lombard could have found a way to still be likeable somehow). In this setup even the bits that could be funny aren’t; the jail scene is good but has no chance at saving things.
Rated 08 Nov 2024
rihreyrihrey
Rated 07 Feb 2024
65
87th
Really good but also a tad insufferable at points. Still great though.
Rated 07 Feb 2024
hadleyreisHadleyreis
Rated 12 Aug 2023
77
69th
Faced paced and amusing but far too ridiculous. It felt like the residue of the silent era. In other words, if visual comedy were to be told through witty dialogue.
Rated 12 Aug 2023
gnalkhereGnalkhere
Rated 06 Aug 2023
75
60th
Now imagine the leopard was Garfield...
Rated 06 Aug 2023
petrostserPetrosTser
Rated 22 May 2023
50
23rd
It starts off as an appealing comedy yet degenerates real fast. Yes, the animal action is really well done and the final stunt is cool, but the rest is an obnoxious train wreck of forced slapstick, endless hysteria and no dynamics - it's nonsensical mayhem all the time: no laughter comes out of that, just a fucking headache. And after 100 minutes of the most batshit crazy mishaps, we're supposed to believe that all loose ends get tied up like that and there are no hurt feelings? I call bullshit.
Rated 22 May 2023
rurusmasherRuruSmasher
Rated 14 Apr 2023
88
65th
When screwball comedies induced the most anxious of anxieties. Really love nerdy flustered Cary Grant and chaotic af disaster Katharine Hepburn.
Rated 14 Apr 2023
ston3freen7Ston3_FreeN7
Rated 09 Mar 2022
50
2nd
Just didn't work for me, I know it's a classic but nothing in this movie made any sense to me. The jail sequence especially is just a series of over the top misunderstandings and overly dumb cops. It's weird because I usually love Hepburn and Grant. I dunno maybe I'll just have to get used to screwball comedy and revisit the film.
Rated 09 Mar 2022
menialretconMenialRetcon
Rated 06 Mar 2022
63
5th
Maybe this works if Susan has been trapped in a time loop until she stops the wedding, she succeeds but also has been driven insane.
Rated 06 Mar 2022
bownBown
Rated 13 Jul 2021
79
50th
One of the most goddamn ridiculously silly movies I’ve ever seen. Hepburn is unbelievably annoying at first, but became as endearing to me by the end as she does to Grant - and as with him, I’m not sure if it’s Stockholm syndrome or not. Funny gags, but it loses some steam when it gets to the jail, and the Hawks/Grant combo did screwball way better two years later in His Girl Friday. Leopard is unbelievably cute and how tf did they get it to do half this shit
Rated 13 Jul 2021
jschlanskyJSchlansky
Rated 17 May 2021
75
66th
This woman has no regard for personal property! None!
Rated 17 May 2021
esperhartEsperHart
Rated 05 Mar 2021
100
86th
https://esperwatchesfilms.tumblr.com/post/644831805655171072/bringing-up-baby-1938
Rated 05 Mar 2021
zwykzwyk
Rated 24 Jul 2020
55
26th
The main characters are memorable with great performances; the comedy work some moments, but it's not rarely just very unfunny. Some of Susan's actions to bring David next to her are absurd, others are so morally unacceptable to a point that it compromises any type of empathy towards Susan. The intention obviously isn't to present a credible story, but everything is just so absurd to a point where nothing makes sense.
Rated 24 Jul 2020
jpfergusonJPFerguson
Rated 21 May 2020
80
89th
The perfect vehicle for Hepburn to display her comedic talents. The same thing could be said for Grant. A destructive duo. Screwball comedy done well, indeed done very well. Borders on the ridiculous at times. Such a hoot!
Rated 21 May 2020
psimpsim
Rated 31 Aug 2019
87
95th
An absolutely hilarious screwball comedy that keeps on adding more and more insane ideas and characters as it goes along. Completely holds up!
Rated 31 Aug 2019
shalevshalev
Rated 24 Jun 2019
81
56th
Hepburn and Grant pull off a 90 minute slapstick comedy. Did you notice how in these movies there's always a wedding tomorrow and an election next week?
Rated 24 Jun 2019
napolenbradynapolenbrady
Rated 24 Feb 2019
90
77th
90.00
Rated 24 Feb 2019
hotsakehotsake
Rated 07 Oct 2018
72
81st
The pure lunacy is what makes this movie work. Cary Grant is bumbling and his usual suave self but also seems to be channeling James Stewart. I've never seen Katharine Hepburn in a role like this and while I think she's better in her brainy roles she really fun as a fast talking force of nature.
Rated 07 Oct 2018
evilmangoesEvilMangoes
Rated 27 Jun 2018
47
21st
C
Rated 27 Jun 2018
telemecusTelemecus
Rated 12 Apr 2018
44
48th
Very amusing in parts - but still a poor vehicle for the stars.
Rated 12 Apr 2018
ceekay19Ceekay19
Rated 17 Feb 2018
40
4th
David Huxley: "Now it isn't that I don't like you, Susan, because, after all, in moments of quiet, I'm strangely drawn toward you, but - well, there haven't been any quiet moments."
Rated 17 Feb 2018
neonmanNeonman
Rated 08 Jul 2017
68
32nd
Totally solid and watchable comedy with about enough good jokes, some of which are more cleverer and subdued than others. I appreciate not too much seriousness in this, though it also means the characters sure are hard to like, given Grant's stereotypical stuffiness and the general awfulness of Hepburn's character. It would've been nice to have liked this as much as some folks, though plenty of gags (especially the awful last scene) were terribly predictable.
Rated 08 Jul 2017
perrystroikaPerryStroika
Rated 24 May 2016
64
60th
Despite the delightful Grant and Hepburn, this is film's outsized reputation makes it one of the most overrated films of all time. It is not one of the greatest comedies ever made, not even the best screwball comedy. Not even close to Ernst Lubitsch or Preston Sturges.
Rated 24 May 2016
karamazovkaramazov.
Rated 14 May 2016
16
17th
Katherine Hepburn does spectacularly well with the material, of course, but I think user Ocelot's suggestion that this is the '30s equivalent of an Adam Sandler movie has more to it than a lot of people would care to acknowledge. For a more generous and probably more interesting take, see AFlickering's review.
Rated 14 May 2016
cosmicmonkeyCosmicMonkey
Rated 10 Mar 2016
83
77th
I'm generally not a huge fan of screwballs but I found this to be a manic, fast-paced comedy that's worked really well.
Rated 10 Mar 2016
francogonzoFrancoGonzo
Rated 24 Feb 2016
16
89th
Star Rating: ★★★★1/2
Rated 24 Feb 2016
tonykbTonyKB
Rated 01 Apr 2015
90
84th
Screwball-sjangeren er en sjanger jeg på generell basis misliker, men innimellom er det noen fulltreffere. Det som gjør denne filmen så vannvittig god er samspillet mellom Grant og Hepburn, samt et manus som er fullstappet av one liners. Når det i tillegg slenges inn en leopard er det selvfølgelig nødt til å ende med store forviklinger. En sånn film jeg tror det er helt umulig å mislike.
Rated 01 Apr 2015
mike365365mike365365
Rated 19 Feb 2015
30
1st
I couldn't stand Katherine Hepburn's character. I merely hated Cary Grant's.
Rated 19 Feb 2015
ratedarghratedargh
Rated 05 Feb 2015
45
17th
This made me irrationally angry for the bulk of its runtime. I feel compelled to be more forgiving of it because of its stature among historians but wow was it ever unpleasant. There are moments of humour, but everything just went several steps too far. Like a chaste Family Guy episode minus the pop culture references. His Girl Friday, that one I love...this is just too much.
Rated 05 Feb 2015
salomaordsalomaord
Rated 02 Jan 2015
50
0th
Howard Hawks #1
Rated 02 Jan 2015
tjlmovfrks23TjlMovFrks23
Rated 23 Nov 2014
100
96th
Howard Hawks "Bringing up Baby" may be one of the best screwball comedy of all time. Both Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn have undeniable chemistry between their well-acted quirky character. Hepburn naturally brings the charms in her hilarious manner, while Grant shows a good comedic timing being the slick nice men. the gags are never over the top so it can be hard to relax the funny bone,once the ridiculous duo begin their wacky adventure.
Rated 23 Nov 2014
boomdiddlyboomdiddly
Rated 17 Nov 2014
93
95th
The definition of screwball.
Rated 17 Nov 2014
punqPUNQ
Rated 23 Mar 2014
90
99th
Bringing Up Baby is one big wonderful annoyance! Reckless, noisy and absurd screwball comedy! Cary Grant shows what a fantastic physical comedian he was. This could just as well been a silent slapstick comedy with all the slips and falls he did! But this sure wasn't silent! My God, so much dialogue! And most of it witty and mindless. Katharine Hepburn could get away with anything with that naughty/innocent smile of hers. Howard Hawks really got the most out of the talent for this great headache!
Rated 23 Mar 2014
tc_mercadoTC Mercado
Rated 09 Jan 2014
90
84th
Strangely enough with such a bizarre premise, this may be Hepburn's best work. Quick, witty, loveable, and hilarious against the test of time.
Rated 09 Jan 2014
rttntomatoesrttntomatoes
Rated 03 Jan 2014
95
87th
With Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant at their effervescent best, Bringing Up Baby is a seamlessly assembled comedy with enduring appeal.
Rated 03 Jan 2014
iyisinekiyisinek
Rated 24 Nov 2013
66
28th
bilim adami, dinazor iskeleti, bagisci, golf, tanisma, romantik komedi, leopar, gömülen kemik, pespese aksilikler (Bir zoolog olan David büyük bir dinazor iskeletini tamamlamaya çalismaktadir. Zengin bir bagisci büyük bir miktar bagis yapacaktir. David, bagiscinin avukatiyla golf oynamaya gidecektir. Bu son mesaiden sonra yarin ise asistaniyla evlenecektir. Golf sahasinda karsilastigi Susan adindaki genç hanim David'in basini türlü aksiliklere sokacaktir.) Filmdeki leoparin adi bebek.Tiyatrovari
Rated 24 Nov 2013
lisa_iilisa-
Rated 20 Oct 2013
4
52nd
not nearly as insightful or satirical as hawks' 'his girl friday', this slapstick screwball is still funny at times. got better as it progressed.
Rated 20 Oct 2013
roofsrunnerroofs_runner
Rated 24 Sep 2013
90
85th
Light as air, funny as hell.
Rated 24 Sep 2013
glm01glm01
Rated 18 Sep 2013
88
95th
87.500
Rated 18 Sep 2013
jakeaestheteJakeAesthete
Rated 14 Aug 2013
73
72nd
Disturbing dark comedy about a psychotic woman's pursuit of a cross-dressing paleontologist.
Rated 14 Aug 2013
caimancaiman
Rated 02 Jun 2013
67
31st
There are a few scarce moments that made me smile. For instance, anytime Hepburn is interacting with the leopard. But aside from that I didn't find the movie very funny. Cary Grant's tongue-tied shtick actually made me frustrated: if he could spit out just ONE complete sentence, half of the crap that happens to him would be averted. But I realize there wouldn't be much of a plot if everything went smoothly. Overall I found the movie clever part of the time and irritating most of the time.
Rated 02 Jun 2013
moraesfelipemoraesfelipe
Rated 07 Apr 2013
83
89th
Hepburn's talky, annoying but eventually lovely character displays another man-vs-woman kind of comedy by Hawks, amazingly written and directed as not just a terrific romcom made out of fiascos, misunderstandings, mistakes and physical gags, but as a man's life being ruined by a woman that is crazy in love with him.
Rated 07 Apr 2013
hulothulot
Rated 22 Feb 2013
80
82nd
watched: 2013, 2021
Rated 22 Feb 2013
baggerBagger
Rated 21 Jan 2013
60
29th
I will readily admit I may not have seen this in less than ideal cicumstances, but this is my opinion as is: Goddammit everyone here is annoying and scenes of endless and pointless bickering are not helped by awful peaking recordings of dog barks, Mr. Hawks. I have grown accostumed to tortures of my soul on film, but please spare my ears for a few years yet. But yeah I guess the script was pretty good.
Rated 21 Jan 2013
domahdomah
Rated 22 Dec 2012
60
35th
This movie is just flat out annoying
Rated 22 Dec 2012
damildamil
Rated 15 Dec 2012
75
81st
This is a fun screwball comedy & it is pretty funny for what it is. However, what it is is insufferable. Okay, that's harsh. But man, this was tough for me to watch. It was just so frustrating! Things just kept going wrong! Most of all, there were just misunderstandings after misunderstandings on top of misunderstandings & I almost couldn't take it! I'm being dramatic, but it really was kind of like that. It's a nice movie though. Grant & Hepburn are brilliant and funny & great together.
Rated 15 Dec 2012
kowryKowry
Rated 04 Nov 2012
10
7th
It's well directed, but I so wanted to stab Hepburn's character in the face. Selfish, manipulating women are not exactly adorable in my view. Becomes alright towards the end, but the first half is quite painful.
Rated 04 Nov 2012
liquid3600LiQuid3600
Rated 19 Oct 2012
5
37th
Tiring
Rated 19 Oct 2012
graveyardtangraveyardtan
Rated 30 Sep 2012
90
84th
Bringing Up Baby is a comedy full of wit and charm, and Katharine Hepburn is fantastic, whether she's dangling from a dinosaur skeleton, desperately covering her bloomers, or pretending to be a moll.
Rated 30 Sep 2012
mattorama12mattorama12
Rated 27 Sep 2012
63
42nd
It was enjoyable, mostly because of Cary Grant. I completely sympathized with his character's inner-struggle between being thoroughly annoyed by Hepburn and helplessly attracted to her. I never found it particularly funny, though.
Rated 27 Sep 2012
stevekimesstevekimes
Rated 09 Sep 2012
89
84th
Second only to My Girl Friday in fast-talking screwball comedies. Hilarious. How do you get rich of a wealthy beautiful woman who likes you?
Rated 09 Sep 2012
davidthomsonDavidThomson
Rated 09 Sep 2012
99
94th
It was a loser a contributor to Hepburn's reputation as "box-office poison." Yet maybe it's the most fun ever had in Hollywood. Indeed, it says that life is lunacy, so that the diligent reassembly of a dinosaur skeleton (the pursuit of knowledge) means very little compared with getting your bone into a warm box. Having fun. And the film survives. And it is just a touch funnier than Greed, which is an effort to suggest that Hollywood is seldom more usefully serious than in its best comedies.
Rated 09 Sep 2012
metzmetz
Rated 07 Sep 2012
60
77th
Slow start, nice ending
Rated 07 Sep 2012
troothTrooth
Rated 26 Jul 2012
73
64th
Good screwball comedy. There's a lot of fast talking, and gags come along one after another. The use of a live leopard through so much of it is a nice gimmick too.
Rated 26 Jul 2012
amadeusAmadeus
Rated 18 May 2012
76
85th
if you haven't seen "Baby" yet, you may prefer "Man's Favorite Sport" with the same director and scenario.
Rated 18 May 2012
afx237viafx237vi
Rated 13 Apr 2012
70
69th
A series of misadventures from beginning to end, says Grant halfway through the film, summing the whole thing up perfectly. Both Grant and Hepburn throw themselves (sometimes literally) into their roles with gusto, and it's their charm and the way they interact with each other that carries the film for most its duration. It's very silly, but very funny.
Rated 13 Apr 2012
walkearthwalkearth
Rated 10 Apr 2012
60
60th
I enjoyed the first half more than the second one actually. It was a bit too theatrical for my taste at the end.
Rated 10 Apr 2012
luna6ixLuna6ix
Rated 03 Dec 2011
76
57th
separately i find either hepburn's or grant's mid-atlantic accents annoying, but together they're unnoticeable. it's an ok movie that is worth a watch, but it's kind of downer that grant had to be such a baby (no pun intended) about being around the leopard, could have used some more actual footage with them together. it's probably a bad thing that this movie's most interesting and watchable character is a large cat, but there's a lot of that cat so i guess it's ok.
Rated 03 Dec 2011
theyshoot11theyshoot11
Rated 30 Nov 2011
95
90th
#94
Rated 30 Nov 2011
frederFreder
Rated 03 Oct 2011
80
72nd
Quite possibly the goofiest thing I've ever seen.
Rated 03 Oct 2011
mockcarrmockcarr
Rated 16 Sep 2011
92
87th
Kate does a great job as the screwball, Cary trots out the necessary bewilderment and occasional physical reactions, and Baby is really excellent, probably influencing later feline artists, like Cat in Breakfast At Tiffany's. It's the movie that shows Kate to be more versatile than what her serious, awarded roles would lead you to expect.
Rated 16 Sep 2011
sebbysebby
Rated 29 Aug 2011
85
96th
Grant is absolutely hilarious and Hepburn is what I thought she never could be: charming and desirable. Who knew she had it in her.
Rated 29 Aug 2011
coheedCoheed
Rated 18 Jul 2011
100
97th
An absolutely joyful and hysterical film which is able to fire slapstick and verbal puns at the viewer with a flair and speed that makes comedies made seventy or so years later look pedestrian in comparison. Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn are exceptional too, vital in making sure the film's silliness isn't grating by bringing charm and charisma to their characters and making the jokes even funnier.
Rated 18 Jul 2011
slantmagSlantMag
Rated 22 Jan 2011
30
78th
"If Hawks had a real gift it was the ability of moving things along." - Jeremiah Kipp
Rated 22 Jan 2011
glmglm
Rated 26 Dec 2010
89
89th
89.250
Rated 26 Dec 2010
insan3Insan3
Rated 17 Dec 2010
82
67th
A lot of fun to be had in this film. It seems Hepburn does anything and everything in her power to give Grant the gift of the worst day of his life. It is, however, an insanely fun and charming time for us. The two are great together in this film, which explains why they had so many films together. I would have probably been irritated had anyone else played these roles. At the end of the day, though, I can't rate this to high because there just isn't much more to this than hi jinks.
Rated 17 Dec 2010
davidblastDavidBlast
Rated 09 Aug 2010
80
80th
A major precursor for 'Fight Club' about a man of the system whose sudden infatuation with a girl that has non, leads to the demise of his world and his former convictions. What 'Bringing Up Baby' does exceptionally well is disclose the silly pursuits of those 'normal' people that Hepburn's bundle of chaos rolls over in her near aimless shenanigans. What the film does less well is give the audience a few resting points from the highly paced madness. Also, the ending seems horribly forced.
Rated 09 Aug 2010
pickpocketPickpocket
Rated 18 Jun 2010
7
68th
A few missteps and not one of Hawks' better films but still enjoyable and entertaining throughout. Not for everyone and I definitely understand the complaints but I still think it is worth seeing. Once again Cary Grant elevates everything.
Rated 18 Jun 2010
lakefxdanlakefxdan
Rated 13 May 2010
88
70th
Often hilarious, but steeped in dated tropes such as prewar views of mental illness.
Rated 13 May 2010
mjvmoviemanMJVmovieMan
Rated 11 Apr 2010
90
93rd
This is a classic, hilarious, wacky comedy that knows no bounds. I seriously doubt the romance found at the end, but watching Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn own these characters, totally and completely, you have to submit to the obscurity and unbelievability of this movie's events. Howard Hawks has a carefully orchestrated act going on here that starts early and never lets up. Despite a few lengthy bits that may overstay their welcome, "Bringing up a Baby" is classic comedic tour-de-force.
Rated 11 Apr 2010
billkerwinbillkerwin
Rated 14 Mar 2010
99
98th
Grant and Hepburn in a transcendent piece of silliness. Hepburn's Susan Vance creates a self-contained world of charming lunacy, a world that Grant's David Huxley--and the delighted viewer--are completely captivated by.
Rated 14 Mar 2010
theyshoot10theyshoot10
Rated 13 Jan 2010
96
92nd
80
Rated 13 Jan 2010
dorkovskyDorkovsky
Rated 29 Sep 2009
2
9th
Instead of being funny or amusing, while watching this I felt more like Cary Grant's character; profoundly frustrated. My distaste for Katharine Hepburn has reached new heights.
Rated 29 Sep 2009
ratinenjratinenj
Rated 23 Sep 2009
85
52nd
A Very fast-talking comedy, the actor's couldn't be better either.
Rated 23 Sep 2009
feydeyfeydey
Rated 21 Jul 2009
87
74th
Hilarious comedy.
Rated 21 Jul 2009
yilbyilb
Rated 15 Jul 2009
10
2nd
Grating unfunny yelling. Crap by good people.
Rated 15 Jul 2009
johnnyzombieJohnnyZombie
Rated 26 May 2009
90
83rd
Gets a little annoying at times, but the jailhouse scene is hilarious.
Rated 26 May 2009
nunstranglernunstrangler
Rated 16 Mar 2009
100
95th
The quintessential screwball comedy. One ridiculous situation after another adds up to high-speed fun. Hepburn looks lovely, the supporting actors are in fine form, and Hawks manages the perfect balance of control and mayhem.
Rated 16 Mar 2009
mechatiggerMechatigger
Rated 05 Mar 2009
100
91st
This classic is perhaps the screwiest of the '30s screwball comedies.
Rated 05 Mar 2009
liltxgal98liltxgal98
Rated 11 Feb 2009
95
68th
a classic!
Rated 11 Feb 2009

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