The Awful Truth (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)

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  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 31 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Encoding: Region A
  • Released: April 17, 2018
  • Originally Released: 1937
  • Label: Criterion Collection

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Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1937 - Best Director: Leo McCarey

Entertainment Reviews:

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Total Count: 28

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 7,578
Rating: C+ -- One should be rooting for Cary Grant to get the girl, which means he ought to deserve her — and if that's more or less the case here, well, it's only because the girl turns out to be no great shakes either. Full Review
Decent Films Guide
Feb 10, 2006
Rating: 3/4 -- ...has earned its reputation as one of the most effective screwball comedies from the 1930s. Full Review
Reel Film Reviews
Apr 10, 2007
Zappy, sophisticated screwball comedy with Grant and Dunne displaying perfect timing. Full Review
Time Out
Jun 24, 2006
Rating: 3/5 -- Historically, The Awful Truth is probably most significant as the film that secured Grant's star, forcing him to adopt his famously relaxed persona through McCarey's improvisational approach to filming. Full Review
CineVue
Apr 23, 2018
Rating: 3.5/5 -- The look of love [Grant] gives co-star Irene Dunne, captured not in a close-up but a medium-wide shot, could melt anyone. Full Review
Film-Forward.com
Feb 17, 2006
They are so captivating that without realizing it we willingly put ourselves in the position of a dog choosing between masters. Full Review
n+1
Nov 26, 2018
The definitive comedy about a divorcing couple...
USA Today
Feb 15, 2005

Product Description:

In one of the supreme screwball comedies, young husband and wife Jerry and Lucy (Cary Grant and Irene Dunne, respectively), suspicious that the other is having an affair, start divorce proceedings and see each other only when Jerry visits their dog, who is held in joint custody. As Lucy shows signs of falling for her oil-tycoon neighbor, Jerry goes to outrageous lengths to break them up. And Jerry's own whirlwind courtship of a social darling hits snags as Lucy pretends to be his inebriated showgirl sister during Jerry's meeting with his girlfriend's parents. Stuck in an isolated cabin the eve their divorce becomes final, Lucy and Jerry discover the awful truth that they still love each other. The wonderful Leo McCarey directed THE AWFUL TRUTH, which was based on the 1922 play by Arthur Richman.

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