SummaryA spoiled heiress must choose among three suitors: her jazz musician ex-husband, a stuffy businessman, and an undercover tabloid reporter.
Directed By:Charles Walters
Written By:John Patrick, Philip Barry
High Society
Metascore
Generally Favorable
65
User score
Generally Favorable
6.5
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
64% Positive
7 Reviews
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36% Mixed
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88
High Society doesn't just have a voice -- it has a heart and a soul as well.
80
Wonderful entertainment.
80
After opening with a calypso tune from the inimitable Louis Armstrong, High Society really has nowhere to go but down, yet somehow director Charles Walters manages to keep this Technicolor musical sparkling through the next 100 minutes.
70
While Walters is no Cukor, he's not without his pleasures. His simple but polished shooting style, once a routine satisfaction of the cinema, carries the aura of a long-lost classical grace.
60
This musical remake of The Philadelphia Story has some pretty good moments but will probably outrage those of you who remember Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, and Jimmy Stewart in the original version. [17 Oct 1956, p.6]
60
Written with all the bite of a distinctly middle-class church social, this musical re-working of The Philadelphia Story feels distant.
40
As flimsy as a gossip-columnist's word, especially when it is documenting the weird behavior of the socially elite. And with pretty and lady-like Grace Kelly flouncing lightly through its tomboyish Hepburn role, it misses the snap and the crackle that its un-musical predecessor had.
User score
Generally Favorable
58% Positive
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33% Mixed
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8% Negative
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Nov 27, 2021
6
This is definitely a swooner type musical, dating from the 1950s. It is perhaps a little slow plot pace wise but the characters are interesting enough and I certainly recognised a few of the songs. I thought this was a reasonably enjoyable musical. Some of the script is cringey but of course its a film of its time, so sexist comments etc. are to be expected. I wouldn't say this is a particularly standout type musical but its not bad either, hence my rating, so yes I'd recommend it but only to fans of musicals.
Production Company:
- Loew's
- Sol C. Siegel Productions
- Bing Crosby Productions
Release Date:Jul 17, 1956
Duration:1 h 51 m
Rating:TV-PG
Tagline:A New High In The Movie Sky.
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
Laurel Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
National Film Preservation Board, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
