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www.that-movie-site.com - : Woman of the Year is a landmark film, the first teaming of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. It is remembered as a dramedy classic, and while the chemistry between Tracy and Hepburn is undeniable and entertaining, whether they can overcome the contrived material they have to work with is at times in question. more...
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www.timeout.com - : Tracy and Hepburn were a great team, and this, their first outing together, set the seal on the pattern to follow into the next decade. He's a sports journalist, she's an influential political columnist, and after they marry he wants her to be a woman as well. The comic byplay between opposites - everyday guy Spence and haughty Kate - is a consistent pleasure, even if its sexual politics are ambiguous: Spence scores many more points than Kate, and the whole film is geared toward the climax when she cooks him breakfast like a good little housewife. Produced by Joseph L Mankiewicz, the film has that MGM glitter and literary sparkle. more...
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6/10
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www.filmcritic.com - : Cute Hepburn-Tracy vehicle, though Spence looks about 20 years older than Katharine in this rendition, which has his crass sports reporter wooing her society maven and astute political columnist. Opposites attract, and before you know it the two are married. But once she is named ''woman of the year,'' our poor sap hero finds himself neglected and put out that he never gets to see his wife. This is the first of many Tracy & Hepburn movies, and the chemistry's not quite there yet in this one. Some impressively funny scenes and a hilarious ending redeem the long stretches of predictability. more...
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4/5
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