Woman of the Year

A film review by Christopher Null - Copyright © 2003 Filmcritic.com

Cute Hepburn-Tracy vehicle, though Spence looks about 20 years older than Katharine in this rendition, which has his crass sports reporter wooing her society maven and astute political columnist. Opposites attract, and before you know it the two are married. But once she is named "woman of the year," our poor sap hero finds himself neglected and put out that he never gets to see his wife. This is the first of many Tracy & Hepburn movies, and the chemistry's not quite there yet in this one. Some impressively funny scenes and a hilarious ending redeem the long stretches of predictability.

Rating

4.0 out of 5 Stars

  • Director: George Stevens
  • Producer: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  • Screenwriter: Ring Lardner Jr., Michael Kanin
  • Stars: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen, Minor Watson
  • MPAA Rating: NR

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