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Console best movie i've ever seen.

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

HotToastyRag In their seventh on screen pairing, Katharine Hepburn and her real-life sweetie-pie Spencer Tracy join forces in the sports romance Pat and Mike. Kate's the athletic pro, a master at golf, tennis, and self-defense, and Spence is a rough-around-the-edges manager. This is reportedly Kate's favorite of the movies she made with Spence, and for her fans, it's great fun to watch her in her famous masculinity. The woman who dared to wear trousers in the 1930s is in her prime swinging her golf club, prancing around in her tennis clothes, talking about boxing with Aldo Ray.The famous line from Pat and Mike is when Spencer Tracy looks at Katharine Hepburn and says to his friend, "Not much meat on her, but what's there is choice." It's right after he supposes she hasn't been properly "handled" and she answers, "That's right. Not even by myself." Although the implications in that line are explicit, the script gets away with the innuendo by referring to Kate's athletic career and Spence's offer to be her manager and "handle" her career.There are some pretty fun moments in this one, even though my favorite of Kate and Spence is Adam's Rib, so it's definitely worth a watch if you're a fan of them. Also, if you like sports movies, you might want to pick this one up since there weren't too many sports films made back in the classic era.

Blake Peterson Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy spent most of their screen partnerships entwined in battles of the sexes, but "Pat and Mike" finds them at their most harmoniously warm, headlining a romantic comedy without highbrow bite or indirect sexism. While thinly plotted, the film is one of their breeziest pairings, in part to George Cukor's smartly scattered comedic zest and the screenplay's knack for uptown/downtown musings.Hepburn portrays Pat Pemberton, a physical ed instructor who spends her afternoons training athletic collegians. Her days of competing are far from over, though; as the film opens, she is basking in the final few moments before an important golf match. Pat is a dynamic athlete, but she has a minor problem when it comes to performing. Whenever her fiancée, the pompous Collier (William Ching), appears for support, her skills take a downturn, as if he were a bad luck charm. Collier wants Pat to retire from her sports career so she can become a full-time wife, but Pat, independent and smart, knows deep in her heart that she doesn't want to marry him and doesn't want to waste her days cleaning and cooking and kid raising. She has more important things to do than fill general women's roles. After a particularly rough match, thanks to the presence of the smarmy Collier, Pat is down in the dumps, but her athletic prowess is noticed by Mike Conovan (Spencer Tracy), a sports promoter who normally supports boxing acts. Right then and there, he deems her the world's top female athlete. But with her tendency to screw up at the worst of times, Mike becomes determined to train Pat until she becomes a wunderkind with the ability to smash cultural norms and sports records. As the two begin to see each other more frequently, however, it seems that mutual attraction is steadily growing, and traffic cones like Mike's other subject, a bird-brained boxer (Aldo Ray), prejudiced mobsters, and a smug Collier, will hardly stand in their way. I suppose "Pat and Mike" works so well because there isn't a moment in its 95 minutes where its stars are hating each other. In the subtly sexist "Woman of the Year", the entire middle half was spent with Hepburn and Tracy hardly attempting to overcome marital woes; in the witty "Adam's Rib", combative battles of words came more regularly than moments of adoration. "Pat and Mike" is a rather thin, simplistic romantic comedy, but without much conflict, it spends more time being likable than it does messing with our heads. It's a wonderful change of pace for its stars.Hepburn trades hardness for an affectionate, slacks not pants wearing performance (boasting her athletic skill along the way), and Tracy's teddy bear, Chicawgo affability is impossible to resist. Supporting performer Ray nearly steals the film as Mike's other client, Davie. A gentle giant of a dope who probably spends his days laughing at "The Three Stooges" while swigging beers, his nights bruising his little brains, Ray is a lovable and goofy supplement to his lively co-stars.With writing team Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon's ear for the distinction between city dwellers and the intellectual middle-class, "Pat and Mike" is unsubstantial but towering in its charisma. It's a joy from start to finish, a comedy showcase for Hepburn and Tracy.

rickdumesnil I never realized how good an actress Katherine Hepburn is and in this movie as well as Adam's ribs she didn't deceive me. The movie is watchable although a little long on sports scenes and i didn't see the point of Aldo Rays role too much. Fun to see familiar faces in this film such as Charles Bronson......Chuck CONNORS.....Phylis Povah....and the next one though uncredited I'm proud of having discovered him....being french and a film buff was all excited to find....James Brown of RIN TIN TIN acting as a photographer...hope I'm not wrong I'm such a movie fanatic. All and all i enjoyed the movie and say you must see it at least once.

mark.waltz This was Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn's last MGM movie made together, and equally as good as their two finest ("Woman of the Year" and "Adam's Rib"). The film focuses on Hepburn, a world-class athlete who has a problem in golf and tennis matches any time her fiancée (William Ching) is around. Spencer Tracy plays a New York sports agent who notices her talent and takes her on as a client. He finds she is just as determined as he is, and they make an incredible pair as she gets ready for a world class tennis event. But when Ching shows up, all of a sudden, the net is too high, her racket too small, and one ball coming at her looks like a dozen. That's when Tracy steps in to try and keep her fiancée away from her, as well as deal with the mobsters who put up the money for her in the first place.There is no doubt that Tracy and Hepburn together had as much chemistry as any super couple on the movie screen in the golden days of Hollywood. Add on the writing team of Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin (looking for another hit for them after "Adam's Rib"), and you have the tools towards one of the smartest comedies of the 1950's. Aldo Ray is hysterical as a dumb boxing client of Tracy's, and is surrounded by a perfect supporting cast. Phyllis Povah, the baby machine of 1939's "The Women", plays the chatty lady who annoys Hepburn during a golf game, while Charles Buchinski seems a bit familiar as one of the mobsters whom Hepburn beats up (by picking him up by the pant legs). Oh, wait a minute....It's future action superstar Charles Bronson, long before stardom, but extremely amusing in a rare comedy role. Fortunately, while this was their last MGM film together, they had two more to go-"Desk Set" over at Fox (a delightfully funny spoof about the future of corporate research) and Columbia's controversial "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner".