Before their divorce becomes final, Jerry and Lucy Warriner both do their best to ruin each other's plans for remarriage, Jerry to haughty socialite Barbara Vance, she to oil-rich bumpkin Daniel Leeson. Among their strategies: Jerry's court-decreed visitation rights with Mr. Smith, their pet fox terrier, and Lucy doing her most flamboyant Dixie Belle Lee impersonation as Jerry's brassy "sister" before his prospective bride's scandalized family.... (Full plot summary below)
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Before their divorce becomes final, Jerry and Lucy Warriner both do their best to ruin each other's plans for remarriage, Jerry to haughty socialite Barbara Vance, she to oil-rich bumpkin Daniel Leeson. Among their strategies: Jerry's court-decreed visitation rights with Mr. Smith, their pet fox terrier, and Lucy doing her most flamboyant Dixie Belle Lee impersonation as Jerry's brassy "sister" before his prospective bride's scandalized family.
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| PopMattersElbert VenturaAs pleasurable as anything a Hollywood studio and the star system ever produced. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThe issues deepen in a subtle, natural way: the film begins as a trifle and ends as something beautiful and affirmative. A classic. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenThis comedy is a hilarious match-up between Cary Grant and Irene Dunne, with the wonderful Ralph Bellamy cast in his pigeonholed role as the fifth wheel. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonIts sophistication convinced the Academy that it was more than "just" a comedy and they awarded McCarey the Best Director Oscar |
| Slant MagazineChuck BowenThe Awful Truth is a perfect farce, devoid of any fat, in which Lucy and Jerry’s fantasies and schemes topple after one another like figurative dominoes. |
| Charlotte ObserverTerry LawsonA routine story perhaps, but McCarey transforms it , through his customary affection for his characters and taut pacing, into delightfully effective entertainment. |
| Movie HabitMarty MapesIt is a surprisingly tight and densely-packed comedy with excellent performances all around. |
| Decent Films GuideSteven D. GreydanusOne 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. |
| New York TimesB.R. CrislerTo be frank, The Awful Truth is awfully unimportant, but it is also one of the more laughable screen comedies of 1937, a fairly good vintage year. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzA smart screwball comedy from the 1930s that's given the Lubitsch touch by director Leo McCarey. |
