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Bringing Up Baby (1938) Rank 3 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Bringing Up Baby (1938) a score of 3.4589 out of 4
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Bringing Up Baby (1938) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for UpcomingDiscs.com (David Annandale)UpcomingDiscs.com (David Annandale)
Cary Grant is a straightlaced paleontologist about to be married to a woman even more straightlaced than he. His life flies into pieces when he runs into the flighty socialite Katharine Hepburn. Falling instantly in love, Hepburn does all she can ...read the complete Bringing Up Baby movie review at UpcomingDiscs.com (David Annandale)
Bringing Up Baby (1938) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Zertinet Movies ReviewZertinet Movies Review
In "Bringing Up Baby," the sparks fly between stars Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. They are a hilarious team, one that cannot be watched without breaking a smile. ...read the complete Bringing Up Baby movie review at Zertinet Movies Review
Bringing Up Baby (1938) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Almost Fabulous Movie ReviewsAlmost Fabulous Movie Reviews
Bringing Up Baby (1938) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Edwin JahielEdwin Jahiel
By Howard Hawks. It immortalized "the intercostal clavicle" as zoologist Cary Grant is pursued by socialite flutterhead Katharine Hepburn and they both seek Baby, the runaway pet leopard which catalyzes madness. Grant and Hepburn are superbly matched, ...read the complete Bringing Up Baby movie review at Edwin Jahiel
Bringing Up Baby (1938) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for DVD MovieGuideDVD MovieGuide
Probably the best-realized example of the "screwball comedy", Bringing Up Baby beats us into submission with its relentless procession of insanity. ...read the complete Bringing Up Baby movie review at DVD MovieGuide
Bringing Up Baby (1938) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for DVD Savant (Glenn Erickson)DVD Savant (Glenn Erickson)
Howard Hawks' direction is at its best here, barely keeping up with the action while establishing necessary visual clues and paying off his gags in appropriate wide shots. ...read the complete Bringing Up Baby movie review at DVD Savant (Glenn Erickson)

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by cicero0000 on July 16, 2009 Half Moon Bay, California
Back when they really knew how to make 'em, this movie is absolutely the most absurd and hilarious that Hollywood knew how to make. Every character you bump into is a little screwy, and everything from Hepburn's ridiculous dress to the leopard ...

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3.4783
Bringing Up Baby (1938) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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3.4589
Bringing Up Baby (1938) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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