I really enjoyed Born Yesterday. Sure, the performances are broad, but the comedy is subtler than you would expect from the performances. Not that the performances are bad: some of them are terrific, Judy Holiday in particular.

I’ve read somewhere that the story is pro-Socialist and anti-Capitalist, and while I’ll admit that there are leanings that way, I don’t think that makes it a bad story: sure, the loudmouth lout boyfriend is a businessman, but the way he acts and talks about himself, it becomes fairly apparent that he is a “legitimate businessman,” if you know what I’m saying. William Holden doesn’t have that much to do but he does it well. And Judy Holiday was awesome, which I’ve said before but it bears repeating. At the beginning you might find some of the characters unlikeable and hard to watch, but I think this is definitely worth watching.