The Awful Truth [1937] | ![The Awful Truth [1937]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V2yfHagNL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Leo Mccarey
Actors: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Alexander D'arcy, Cecil Cunningham
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 18051
Format: Black & White, Full Screen, Pal
Languages: English (Original Language), Arabic (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Turkish (Subtitled)
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 87 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5035822258532
ASIN: B00008AWRC
Theatrical Release Date: October 21, 1937
Release Date: March 24, 2003
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Amazon.co.uk Review
One of the top five screwball comedies of the 1930s, this helped to cement a genre that waxed golden until the end of the Second World War. Director Leo McCarey won an Oscar for Best Director for this 1937 romantic comedy--one of the most successful films of his career. Irene Dunne and Cary Grant are a squabbling couple who separates because of supposed infidelities on both sides. They part, but cannot really keep away from each other. Grant finds himself hooked up with a socialite, Dunne becomes engaged to a millionaire hick played by the hapless Ralph Bellamy (as if he ever stood a chance as the "other" man!). When not dating others or baiting one another in a verbal war, Grant and Dunne wage a custody battle over their pathetic pooch. Gags, double entendre, witty remarks, snide comments, and fast-paced dialogue helped this to garner six Academy Award nominations. The Awful Truth was awfully good to Dunne and Grant, as both were breaking out of much more serious moulds and this secured their positions. --Rochelle O'Gorman
Amazon.co.uk Review
One of the top five screwball comedies of the 1930s, The Awful Truth helped to cement a genre that waxed golden until the end of the Second World War. Director Leo McCarey won an Oscar for Best Director for this 1937 romantic comedy--making it one of the most successful films of his career. Irene Dunne and Cary Grant are a squabbling couple who separate because of supposed infidelities on both sides. They part but cannot really keep away from each other. Grant finds himself hooked up with a socialite, Dunne becomes engaged to a millionaire hick played by the hapless Ralph Bellamy (as if he ever stood a chance as the "other" man). When not dating others, or baiting one another in a verbal war, Grant and Dunne wage a custody battle over their pathetic pooch. Gags, double entendres, witty remarks, snide comments, and fast-paced dialogue helped this to garner six Academy Award nominations. The Awful Truth was awfully good to Dunne and Grant, as both were b! reaking out of much more serious moulds and this secured their positions. --Rochelle O'Gorman
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Fun June 19, 2008
Tyke (England)
Grant hadn't quite polished his craft in `The Awful Truth', but there were few rough edges to knock off. He plays the first scene slightly self-consciously, but things improve thereafter.
Grant and Dunne play a well-to-do married couple who divorce over Grant's groundless suspicion that his wife has deceived him with her handsome Italian singing teacher. Their split is amicable, the only area of dispute being the ownership of `Mr Smith', their pet dog, whose antics add a good deal of comedy to the proceedings.
While waiting 90 days for the finalization of their divorce, Dunne is courted by a wet-behind-the-ears momma's boy, who has several oil wells to his credit, and Grant takes up briefly with a night-club singer, whose act does her no credit at all. Soon after, he becomes engaged to a wealthy heiress (coincidentally named Barbara, as Grant's real-life heiress wife was called).
Grant and Dunne manage to get in the way of each other's romances, making for some great comic scenes and they sustain their whackiness for most of the picture. However, the last 15 minutes or so quieten down considerably and indeed form something of an anti-climax.
Nonetheless the ending is charming and resolves all matters satisfactorily.
DVD quality good.
 great May 12, 2008
Andrew J. Potts (Rome Italy)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is easily the best pairing of grant and dunne. It's fast paced and well observed screwball comedy of errors. you can't beat them asa team and I think they rival grant and hepburn, one of my favourite teamings. It's witty and funny and as usual dunne gets the better of grant. It's great to see this happen now and then as sometimes he seems to run roughshod over his female co-stars. If you like screwball comedies then get it and enjoy it again and again.
My favourite Cary Grant movie April 3, 2008
K. Strachan (Kingston upon Thames, UK)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the film that made Grant a star in his own right. The combination of he and Irene Dunne is a exquisite. There are 'laugh out loud' moments in this movie which, for me at least, is rare. It's a classic screwball comedy directed by Leo McCarey's at his best. Has to be seen by any Cary Grant fan.
 Try again soon, please October 4, 2003
Michael Bo
45 out of 48 found this review helpful
Leo McCarey's screwball masterpiece deserves the best treatment of all. But sadly doesn't get it this time around. Almost nothing comes close to the perfection of this movie, its subtleties, its ambiguity. Irene Dunne delivers a true tour de force, not least in 'disguise' as the empty-headed sister from Paris. Cary Grant was never better or more precise. The dialogue is superb, the characters are brilliantly conceived. A work of true genius, which is why the treatment of it on DVD is so horrible. The picture is unclean, fuzzy, the sound is awful, and I could go on and on. So save your money, until someone responsible makes another go of it.
Classic story of divorcees loving each other February 1, 2002
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
True, the story seems to be old-fashioned by our standards, but I think all the same, the couple portrayed in this movie gives an exilarating account of how (not) to mess up a marriage. The performance is indeed funny, witty and at times full of surprises and it never ceases to remind us of how things were in those days. Lessons to be learned for almost all couples today...
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