I was introduced to this movie back in the late 80's and has been one of my regular go to movies to watch. I think I've watched it on average at least once a year since 1989.
The dialogue is quick and witty, even by modern standards, occasionally biting from time to time and after watching it more than 20 viewings I'll still catch something that managed to slip my attention previously. Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart are all great in their roles and Ruth Hussey more than carries her own throughout.
I've believed for a long time that some of the older movies from the golden age of cinema are often better than some of the more modern films, some of the actors from this time frame are superior to the modern ones (both on and off the screen) and I honestly think that movies are better when they are more reliant on great plots and dialogue then they are on special affects. We can see that today in some movies like Lost Husband and Forsaken, two movies that I think are modern classics that just simply have a great plot and actors carrying the storyline forward without being dependent on CGI or special effects to tell the story. If you watch this movie I think you'll see what I mean.
Sadly some people will deliberately decide to ignore it because it's black and white and they find it difficult to watch but I was nearly in my teens before we got our first color TV set so many movies and TV shows that I watched as a kid I didn't know were actually in black and white (Maverick and Miracle on 34th Street come to mind) until I was much older so if you fall in that category I would encourage you to try and give this a shot. I think there is a colorized version available on the market, many classic movies of this type were colorized in the 80's, and while I am personally not much of a fan of colorization, if that is what it takes to get you to watch this, then go for it. Its well worth the watch.
The dialogue is quick and witty, even by modern standards, occasionally biting from time to time and after watching it more than 20 viewings I'll still catch something that managed to slip my attention previously. Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart are all great in their roles and Ruth Hussey more than carries her own throughout.
I've believed for a long time that some of the older movies from the golden age of cinema are often better than some of the more modern films, some of the actors from this time frame are superior to the modern ones (both on and off the screen) and I honestly think that movies are better when they are more reliant on great plots and dialogue then they are on special affects. We can see that today in some movies like Lost Husband and Forsaken, two movies that I think are modern classics that just simply have a great plot and actors carrying the storyline forward without being dependent on CGI or special effects to tell the story. If you watch this movie I think you'll see what I mean.
Sadly some people will deliberately decide to ignore it because it's black and white and they find it difficult to watch but I was nearly in my teens before we got our first color TV set so many movies and TV shows that I watched as a kid I didn't know were actually in black and white (Maverick and Miracle on 34th Street come to mind) until I was much older so if you fall in that category I would encourage you to try and give this a shot. I think there is a colorized version available on the market, many classic movies of this type were colorized in the 80's, and while I am personally not much of a fan of colorization, if that is what it takes to get you to watch this, then go for it. Its well worth the watch.