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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.2 / 5.0

Showing its age but still worth a watch:

After Woman of the Year (where you can pinpoint the FRAME they fell in love), Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn were probably never better than in this 1949 examination of sex roles in American society. As battling attorneys, they take on the case of Judy Holliday, on trial for shooting her philandering husband, Tom Ewell (the pre-Singin' in the Rain Jean Hagen plays the Other Woman). Some of the trickery -- the courtroom stunts -- fall a little flat today, and who can be fooled by the David Wayne... more info

It's a gem:

Long acclaimed as one of Hollywood's finest comedies, Adam's Rib is arguably the best of the Tracy/Hepburn offerings. One can appreciate it fifty years after its debut. Any movie should be looked upon as a period piece, but the best ones are able to transcend their own time frames.

Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn play husband-and-wife legal beagles, so close personally that they share a nickname, who oppose each other professionally in a routine criminal trial. The circumstances of the case impel them... more info

So far ahead of its time...:

Katharine Hepburn is invariably described as one of the greatest screen legends of all time, and this film embodies all of her classic screen qualities. It is romantic, hilarious, and has a relevant message, even to the modern viewer. I highly recommend this film. She and Tracy had incredible chemistry on screen in all their films, but this (and "Woman of the Year") are my all-time favorites.

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