Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Tayyab Torres Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

thirstydog-32613 At times this film is surprisingly progressive for it's time. Other times, it pulls back the reins and is dated and trite. For example, the two main characters (played by Spenser Tracy and Katherine Hepburn) are a married couple. Amanda and Adam Bonner, are having a heated discussion on equal rights and then she cuts someone off while she is driving, and gets yelled at by a truck driver. She just merrily waves him offas if to say, "weel what do you expect, I'm a woman." Certainly it is part of the point the film is making, but it seems to say, here is this equal and extremely intelligent woman (a lawyer who went to Yale) is still a woman because she is flighty and can't drive.Another example is when the husband brings home a bonnet, (very ugly - how could people like that stye in those days?) she falls madly in love with it and gushes like a school girl.On the other hand, some of the sexual innuendos seemed pretty racy for a film of that time and some of the feminist view points were apologetically and clearly stated.The film and the humor do not date well despite its progressive leanings. It is possible for a classic film to date well, just as some popular music from the 70's works very well now, and some music from the 70's doesn't translate at all.

Moviegeek-TFB Loving couple Adam (Spence Tracy) and Amanda (Katharine Hepburn) are both lawyers. When a woman (Judy Holiday) is charged for attempting to murder husband (Tom Ewell) who she caught in the arms of another woman (Jean Hagen) Adam gets the case. But as Amanda sees it as an important case for equal rights for women she takes on the job as defender and soon husband and wife face each other in court. But can they keep the battle in court and out of the marriage?The sixth film starring real life couple Tracy (Guess Who's Coming to Diner, 1967) and Hepburn (The African Queen, 1951) Adam's Rib was written specifically as a vehicle for the two and there is no doubt that the two of them seems at ease with each other or that watching the chemistry between them is one of the best things about the movie. That is not so bad when considering how good the movie is! The court room scenes are dramatic and tense and the home front scenes are tender and sweet, giving you the best of two worlds in one movie. But from the party the couple have, where their neighbour Kip stands out from the group like a sore thumb and clearly rubs Adam the wrong way, things slowly start changing for the worse as the fights in court starts sneaking into the house. The movie quickly moves from being a pleasant watch to becoming a tense story as you watch Adam and Amanda struggle to keep their marriage together. Adam is a man with integrity and a healthy opinion of what is right and wrong. Tracy has no trouble giving his character the strength needed just as he excels in showing his softer sides brought forward by his beloved wife. Meanwhile Amanda is his equal in both intelligence and strength, the latter seemingly surprising her husband a bit. Hepburn shifts brilliantly between Amanda's powerful presence in court to the regretful wife realizing her outbursts has created trouble in paradise. As the situation becomes more heated it becomes clear that this is as much about the battle between the sexes as it is about a power couple facing each other professionally and it doesn't help much that Kip keeps buzzing around Amanda like honey to a bee. He is played wonderfully by a game Wayne (How to Marry a Millionaire, 1953) hitting a fine line between annoying and plain out creepy while Holliday (Born Yesterday, 1950) is deliciously dumb as the woman charged with murder. When it comes to movies about couples as well as movies about the battle of sexes, this is about as good as it gets.Moviegeek.eu

cb2369 I admit, I am only 59 minutes in, but I can't watch another second of this. Both Hepburn and Tracy's characters are too annoyingly stupid.(Possible spoilers??, this explains only the set up and the beginning of the film)The film centers around a case that is way too clear: A woman buys a gun, follows her husband until she finds him cheating on her, and then shoots all 6 bullets in their direction, hitting the husband in the chest and wounding him. The film decides to choose this case as a backdrop for a discussion on sexism, and while that was clearly a problem in the 50s, it is of no importance to this case. The lawyers spend their time bickering over whether or not the man was having an affair, but neither seem to realize that adultery is no grounds for murder, nor is it even a crime in America. Any good writer would have realized that the details of this case weren't ambiguous enough for a discussion on sexism, and would have changed certain details, but alas, they did not and we spend our time watching Hepburn make a mountain out of a molehill and Tracy make Mount Everest out of Hepburn's mountain.I give this film a 4 because there is some good dialogue in between the badly-done plot and it is a decently tight script. I read the rest of the story on wikipedia and it doesn't seem to get much better. I don't suggest watching this unless getting back at men is such a fantasy of yours that you are willing to forgive the unbelievable aspects of this story.

Armand feminism, great performance, humor. and large parts of delight. a revolutionary film, subtle, nice who becomes splendid show in its target - world. the plot is only root for the fascinating duel between Hepburn and Spencer. the agenda of equal rights - almost pretext for a movie who desire amusing and introduce few useful questions.the axis - an unique couple who creates not only convincing characters but use , with admirable precision, the opportunities of script.an inspired spice remains the performance of David Wayne who explores each nuance of ambiguity of his role. a smart film. that is the best verdict after each new discover of this not exactly classic but surely wonderful film.