The Philadelphia Story 1940

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: It has been a long time since Hollywood has spent itself so extravagantly, and to such entertaining effect, upon a straight upper-crust fable, an unblushing apologia for plutocracy. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: George Cukor gives it the royal treatment with a splendid supporting cast... Read more

Mark Bourne, Film.com: Every time Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and Jimmy Stewart connect in a scene, we hear the happy ding! of quality champagne crystal. Read more

John C. Mosher, New Yorker: The film is a Hepburn triumph, and moviegoers who resent the theatre's habit of requisitioning their stars may feel that Miss Hepburn's time on the stage has not been spent in vain and that she simply prepared herself for this achievement. Read more

TIME Magazine: In short, The Philadelphia Story lifts the daily drudge into a charming never-never land, with complete footnotes excusing its existence. And besides, it's a good, entertaining show. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Cukor and Donald Ogden Stewart's evergreen version of Philip Barry's romantic farce, centreing on a socialite wedding threatened by scandal, is a delight from start to finish, with everyone involved working on peak form. Read more

Herb Golden, Variety: The smarties are going to relish Philadelphia Story a lot more than the two-bit trade... Read more