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I Was a Male War Bride (1949) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give I Was a Male War Bride (1949) a score of 2.8254 out of 4

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Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)

Director Howard Hawks must have liked sexually controlling women. It's a theme he uses in several of his movies. Bringing Up Baby, I Was A Male War Bride and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes all have sexually dominating women and subordinate men. Each film also...read the complete I Was a Male War Bride (1949) review at Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)

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Time Out (--)

Neatly reversing the usual comic model, where marriage only ever signals 'The End', this is a classic demonstration of Hawks' unsentimental optimism, and a comedy on frustration and sex-roles that is romantic, subversive and extremely funny, all at the...read the complete I Was a Male War Bride (1949) review at Time Out (--)

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New York Times (Bosley Crowther)

The flimsiness of the film's foundations and the disorder of its episodes provoke the inevitable impression that it all fell together en route....read the complete I Was a Male War Bride (1949) review at New York Times (Bosley Crowther)