Dr. David Huxley has two reasons to be excited. He is about to be married and the final piece to a brontosaurus, the showpiece to his museum exhibit, will soon be in his possession. Furthermore, if he plays his cards right, a wealthy donor will donate $1 million to his museum, to aid his palaeontological collection. Unfortunately, he meets Susan, a woman who seems destined to unintentionally destroy his life. Huxley soon finds himself playing nursemaid to Baby, her leopard.
Directed by Howards Hawks and starring Cary Grant as Huxley and Katharine Hepburn as Susan, this movie is ostensibly a comedy classic. That's hard to fathom, unless extreme irritation is classified as comedy.
The irritation starts almost from the word go. Somehow we are meant to be believe that someone stealing another person's car and then smashing it up in nonchalant fashion is funny. Susan is incredibly annoying and there is no light at the end of the tunnel - the annoyance continues throughout the movie, down to and including the final scene.
It's not just Susan - the whole 'plot' is random and just involves dumb things happening. Yes, it's slapstick but there is hardly anything funny about it.
Directed by Howards Hawks and starring Cary Grant as Huxley and Katharine Hepburn as Susan, this movie is ostensibly a comedy classic. That's hard to fathom, unless extreme irritation is classified as comedy.
The irritation starts almost from the word go. Somehow we are meant to be believe that someone stealing another person's car and then smashing it up in nonchalant fashion is funny. Susan is incredibly annoying and there is no light at the end of the tunnel - the annoyance continues throughout the movie, down to and including the final scene.
It's not just Susan - the whole 'plot' is random and just involves dumb things happening. Yes, it's slapstick but there is hardly anything funny about it.