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Philadelphia Story, The (1940) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Philadelphia Story, The (1940) a score of 3.3524 out of 4

based on (63) reviews

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Excellent

(37)

Very Good

(22)

Good

(3)

Fair

(0)

Poor

(1)

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eFilmCritic.com (Jay Seaver)

"The Philadelphia Story" is darn-near perfect, a breezy romantic comedy from an era when such films were appreciated as more than simply disposable entertainment - it was nominated for and received several Academy Awards, and it may have deserved more. A...read the complete Philadelphia Story, The (1940) review at eFilmCritic.com (Jay Seaver)

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DVD Town (John J. Puccio)

The fact is, after a promising start in movies, Katharine Hepburn was thought difficult to work with and declared "box-office poison" following the financial disappointment of "Bringing Up Baby" in 1938. It could have spelled the end of her career....read the complete Philadelphia Story, The (1940) review at DVD Town (John J. Puccio)

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Film Threat (Brad Laidman)

I don't think anyone really cares about the fact that this was intended to be a cunning class satire with a capital C, but it's got big stars, they say cool things, they look good, it's funny, and the right guy gets the right girl in amusing fashion....read the complete Philadelphia Story, The (1940) review at Film Threat (Brad Laidman)