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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786302305951 Format: Black & White, NTSC ISBN: 6302305950 Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Release Date: June 21, 1994 Running Time: 91 minutes Sales Rank: 13304 Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: October 21, 1937
Amazon.com essential video: One of the top five screwball comedies of the '30s, this helped to cement a genre that waxed golden until the end of WWII. 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 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 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 molds and this secured their positions. --Rochelle O'Gorman
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - The Awful Truth!
This is a very sweet Cary Grant and Irene Dunne comedy. A couple with differences decide to divorce but can't seem to get it through their heads that their marriage will be ending. Lots of fun.
Rating: - GOOD FOR THE TIME PERIOD! GRANT IS GREAT AS USUAL!
I have been watching a lot of Cary Grant films for the first time and I have been slightly disappointed with some of them. 'The Awful Truth' is another critically acclaimed film that doesn't quite live up to it's reputation. I found the first half rather boring, but it does redeem itself in the second half. In my opinion, it is Grant and Irene Dunne that make this one work. I guess when you think about the competition from it's time period, it does stand out. The DVD transfer on the box set which I viewed this film from has a very good transfer and a few interesting extras.
Rating: - Did nothing for me,,,
Definitely not my favorite Cary film. Perhaps this movie was a hoot for its time, but it's a complete bore now. Where there are a couple of times I chuckled, the rest of the time, however, I kept wondering when the film was going to end. If you're a Cary fan, then this something you must see to judge for yourself and/or to just say that you saw it. Other than that, there are better films to occupy your time.
Rating: - Snappy Dialogue, Great Fun
This frothy gem from the heyday of scewball comedy is a romp from start to finish. Dunne and Grant are a well off, cosmopolitan couple who file for divorce after a series of misunderstandings cause them to doubt each other. The dialogue is first rate with zingers and double entandre flying back and forth. Sets, costume and photography lend a glitter to a bygone time when the world was anything but fun.
My only beef with the picture is the cavalier way this couple toy with Dunne's boyfriend (Ralph Bellamy). It almost makes you wish Dunne ends up in Oklahoma City. It would serve her ... Read More
Rating: - Perfection!
A lost classic. The writing and acting can't be beat. Grant proves himself a great comic actor and Irene Dunne is a delight. If you like comedy, it's for you. If you like romance, it's for you. The entire cast is superb - including Mr. Smith. This is one of my top two or three faves of all time. Oft copied but never equalled. Leo McCarey - thank you!
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