Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

VividSimon Simply Perfect

Stometer Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

rdoyle29 Cary Grant and Irene Dunne play a married couple who divorce due to (mostly) mutual misguided suspicions of infidelity. As the divorce proceeds, both hook up with other romantic partners, and each does their best to sabotage the other's relationship. This is one of the best screwball comedies and a perfect example of the comedy of remarriage, a genre created to largely tell slightly racy comedic stories while not running afoul of the Production Code. Grant and Dunne have incredible screen chemistry and both are at the top of their game here. Ralph Bellamy co-stars as a fairly dumb suitor ... a role he seems to have been born to play over and over again ... and there's a good reason for that. The scene where he dances a ridiculously elaborate dance with Dunne while Grant looks on is one of the funniest sequences committed to film.

daniel_white-40631 Irene Dunne is wonderful in "The Awful Truth" an actress largely forgotten today I beg movie lovers to watch this movie (and others she has dunne-ha ha) and maybe together we can resurrect her formidable career! I don't waste time on plot, lets talk about the highlights in this achingly funny film: Irene being tickled by Cary, Irene being forced to dance with oaf Ralph Bellamy, Irene passing herself off as Cary's trashy sister and singing the mildly risqué song "My dreams have gone with The Wind". Irene Dunne was delightful, delectable, dynamite and most important durable. She lasts! She sang superbly, acted effortlessly and danced with precision and panache. One of AFI's 25 greatest female stars lets affirm her legacy and make her viable again! Here are some of her other films I have seen: "Show Boat", "Roberta", "My Favorite Wife", "Love Affair". Musical, comedy, drama, heck she even tackled westerns ("Cimarron"). C'mon people! Make the next film you watch an Irene Dunne vehicle! This is Daniel at the movies. Till we meet again don't know where don't know when.

framptonhollis For a film made so long ago, "The Awful Truth" seems to have aged extraordinarily well. Although it is completely free of crass and raunchy remarks, it still has a modern feel to it, and this is largely because it follows such a universal story-a story that could be told during any time period. It is also a film that has a timeless and witty sense of humor; one that will be appreciated and beloved for generations to come.Masterfully directed by the great Leo McCarey, this film shows a classic battle of the sexes, which eventually escalates into sheer chaos. Not all of the humor is laugh out loud, but it is never at all unfunny. There's nothing annoying or overly stupid in this film, but the humor still does delve into the ridiculous and silly; but it does so in a way that is charming and flat out hilarious.

Tad Pole So says Oklahoman oil man\rancher Dan Leeson (Ralph Bellamy) when he finally manages to give his Eastern dream girl Lucy (Irene Dunne) a peck on her cheek. Apart from the intriguing question of how many steaks Dan would wolf down if he actually got to, say, second or third base with Lucy, one sort of wonders why an hour and a half story about a "divorce" that seemed bogus and poorly motivated from Day One could earn five Oscar nominations. True, it's funny in spots. True, Cary Grant (as Lucy's "estranged" hubby Jerry) and Miss Dunne were fairly popular in the 1930s. Still, it seems this pair should have been able to ad-lib most of what's on-screen here, with little need for direction. This raises the question of WHY Academy voters diverted the best director Oscar from the helmsman of 1937's official "Best Picture" (William Dieterle, for his valiant attempt to save French Jews from the threat of Hitler with THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA) to Leo McCarey for THE AWFUL TRUTH. The awful truth is that Oscar voting always has been 10% thoughtful, 90% a whimsical popularity contest, in which non-Americans and Un-Americans join American One-Percenters to comprise a skewed electorate. As baseball learned years ago in All-Star balloting, it's even more urgent that the Academy gives the People the vote for the 12 main categories. (If the Academy does the nominations, this won't be some sort of People's Choice Awards with a Jackass flick being voted on--oops, THAT'S what the Academy itself is doing this year!) Give the People the Vote!