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Film · 1937 · Screwball comedy
The Awful Truth
Directed by Leo McCarey
1937
★ 4.2 editorial score
Cary Grant became Cary Grant in this film: Leo McCarey threw out the script daily and improvised on set, and a divorcing couple sabotage each other's new engagements out of pure spite.
“"The Awful Truth" works splendidly because the sparkling repartee and goofy games-playing is firmly rooted in something serious: longing makes these people go gaga. What elevates McCarey’s masterpiece—what makes it arguably the greatest of its genre—is its unobtrusive depth of feeling. Never sappy, the movie is at once light on its feet and grounded at heart.”
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1937Depicts 1930s
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