Pat and Mike 1952

Charles Taylor, Salon.com: Pat and Mike saunters through its 96 minutes with a casual, unassuming air. Read more

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: Let's not be too analytic about the likelihood of the yarn or the tightness of the script Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin have written for this romp. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: One of the better Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn comedies -- not so much for the screenplay by Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon, which lacks the bite and sophistication of Adam's Rib, as for the relaxed and graceful interplay of the stars. Read more

Don Druker, Chicago Reader: The best of the Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn cycle. Read more

Penelope Gilliatt, New Yorker: Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin here wrote an engaging screenplay about emotion-without-display for their rare uncut diamonds. Read more

TIME Magazine: One of the season's gayest comedies. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: There are far too many shots featuring real-life sports stars, but the sparring leads, and Ray's dim boxer, work superbly together under Cukor's deceptively effortless, always elegant direction. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Tracy is given some choice lines in the script and makes much of them in an easy, throwaway style that lifts the comedy punch. Read more