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The Awful Truth [DVD] [1937]starring: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Alexander D'Arcy, Cecil Cunningham directed by: Leo McCarey
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: One of the top five screwball comedies of the 1930s, this helped to cement a genre that waxed golden until the end of the Second World War. Director Leo McCarey won an Oscar for Best Director for this 1937 romantic comedy--one of the most successful films of his career. Irene Dunne and Cary Grant are a squabbling couple who separates because of supposed infidelities on both sides. They part, but cannot really keep away from each other. Grant finds himself hooked up with a socialite, Dunne becomes engaged to a millionaire hick played by the hapless Ralph Bellamy (as if he ever stood a chance as the "other" man!). When not dating others or baiting one another in a verbal war, Grant and Dunne wage a custody battle over their pathetic pooch. Gags, double entendre, witty remarks, snide comments, and fast-paced dialogue helped this to garner six Academy Award nominations. The Awful Truth was awfully good to Dunne and Grant, as both were breaking out of much more serious moulds and this secured their positions. --Rochelle O'Gorman Amazon.co.uk Review: One of the top five screwball comedies of the 1930s, The Awful Truth helped to cement a genre that waxed golden until the end of the Second World War. Director Leo McCarey won an Oscar for Best Director for this 1937 romantic comedy--making it one of the most successful films of his career. Irene Dunne and Cary Grant are a squabbling couple who separate because of supposed infidelities on both sides. They part but cannot really keep away from each other. Grant finds himself hooked up with a socialite, Dunne becomes engaged to a millionaire hick played by the hapless Ralph Bellamy (as if he ever stood a chance as the "other" man). When not dating others, or baiting one another in a verbal war, Grant and Dunne wage a custody battle over their pathetic pooch. Gags, double entendres, witty remarks, snide comments, and fast-paced dialogue helped this to garner six Academy Award nominations. The Awful Truth was awfully good to Dunne and Grant, as both were b! reaking out of much more serious moulds and this secured their positions. --Rochelle O'Gorman Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Fun with Jerry and LucyThis is the first of three great movies Cary Grant did with Irene Dunne. Cary had the opportunity to work with some of the most beautiful and talented women of Hollywood. He once said that he had most fun doing films with Irene Dunne. If you want know why he said that; then you may want to watch this movie, because this is precisely what you get, lots of fun watching the easy-going couple go at each other in a humorous sort of way. This is a different kind of "fun with Dick and Jane." Read More Rating: - FunGrant hadn't quite polished his craft in `The Awful Truth', but there were few rough edges to knock off. He plays the first scene slightly self-consciously, but things improve thereafter. Grant and Dunne play a well-to-do married couple who divorce over Grant's groundless suspicion that his wife has deceived him with her handsome Italian singing teacher. Their split is amicable, the only area of dispute being the ownership of `Mr Smith', their pet dog, whose antics add a good deal of ... Read More Rating: - greatThis is easily the best pairing of grant and dunne. It's fast paced and well observed screwball comedy of errors. you can't beat them asa team and I think they rival grant and hepburn, one of my favourite teamings. It's witty and funny and as usual dunne gets the better of grant. It's great to see this happen now and then as sometimes he seems to run roughshod over his female co-stars. If you like screwball comedies then get it and enjoy it again and again. Rating: - My favourite Cary Grant movieThis is the film that made Grant a star in his own right. The combination of he and Irene Dunne is a exquisite. There are 'laugh out loud' moments in this movie which, for me at least, is rare. It's a classic screwball comedy directed by Leo McCarey's at his best. Has to be seen by any Cary Grant fan. Rating:  - Try again soon, pleaseLeo McCarey's screwball masterpiece deserves the best treatment of all. But sadly doesn't get it this time around. Almost nothing comes close to the perfection of this movie, its subtleties, its ambiguity. Irene Dunne delivers a true tour de force, not least in 'disguise' as the empty-headed sister from Paris. Cary Grant was never better or more precise. The dialogue is superb, the characters are brilliantly conceived. A work of true genius, which is why the treatment of it on DVD is so horrible. The ... Read More Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display
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