Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Politics Hasn't Changed Much:

State of the Union takes a look at all the behind the scenes action that goes into the making a politician, such as the promises, deal making with interest groups, using the family in the campaign, etc. In other words, the same games being played even today in politics. It's the story of a businessman played by Spencer Tracy who gets talked into running for President, and along the way he loses his ideals and begins playing the games, under the familiar but false assumption that he'll just do it until he... more info

Surprisingly unfunny:

I expected to enjoy this Tracy & Hepburn political comedy, especially since I'm a history buff of the 1948 campaign. Unfortunately, the politics is only window dressing for a lot of stagy banter and a plot that moved at a snail's pace. Tracy's character has been compared to Wendell Wilkie or Ross Perot, but to me he was a Clinton -- a big, charming, down-home guy trying without success to conceal a titanic ego. He had deserted Hepburn, playing his charming wife, and his two small children to take up... more info

HEPBURN, SPENCER AND CAPRA, WHAT A GREAT TEAM.:

"State Of The Union" is an elegant movie about the politicians world and the media paraphernalia that usually surrounds them. The director Frank Capra combined very well comedy, drama and a smart screenplay, also, Capra always was surrounded with excellent actors, and "State Of The Union" is not an exception.

The couple made by Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy has always been recognized as one of the best couples that appeared in the movies world, "State Of The Union" is another example of the elegance... more info

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