greenfruit
Augusta
The Awful Truth — 11 weeks ago
“I’ve seen your picture in the paper and wondered what you looked like.”
A classic screwball comedy from 1937 starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne. This film is regarded today as one of the best screwball comedies ever made. It helped to set an archetype for many other screwball comedies that followed it. Every thing about it just works. Though I’m having a hard time putting my finger exactly on what it is that makes it work so well. It’s hilarious, charming, delightful, and a lot of fun to watch. It’s a very nice way to spend a hour and a half.
Cary Grant and Irene Dunne are both so terrific in their roles. But when isn’t Cary Grant terrific? I haven’t seen a bad performance from him yet. Irene Dunne should be more well-known today. She is talented, funny, beautiful, and has a very lovely singing voice. The combination of Grant and Dunne together is dynamite! They play off each other very well, tossing lines back and forth with ease and precision. And oh those clothes that Dunne wears in the movie! Wow! She always (except for one very comical scene) looked so stylish and sophisticated.
Wonderful. Highly recommended.





