Movie #117: The Philadelphia Story

Movie #: 117
Movie Title: The Philadelphia Story
Year Released: 1940

Director: George Cukor
Notable Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey

Short Description: When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: #44
IMDB.com: N/A
Ranker.com: N/A
Lifed.com: N/A
Empire.com: N/A
FilmCrave.com: N/A
FlickChart.com: #81



Date Watched: 5/24/2016

Grade: 2.5 out of 5 (Satisfactory)

Rationale: The Philadelphia Story sadly took quite a while to get going. The second half was far more interesting than the first half, likely because the characters were opening up more and not being so stiff. It didn’t take much effort to be able to telegraph how the movie would end, which is disappointing, but getting to that point once the story and characters became appealing was still fun.