SummaryWhen a rich woman's ex-husband (Cary Grant) and a tabloid-type reporter (James Stewart) turn up just before her planned remarriage, she (Katherine Hepburn) begins to learn the truth about herself.
Directed By:George Cukor
Written By:Donald Ogden Stewart, Philip Barry, Waldo Salt
The Philadelphia Story
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
96
User score
Generally Favorable
7.3
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Universal Acclaim
96
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100
It's shocking that Grant wasn't even nominated for an Oscar. [1 March 2005, p.E01]
100
A delight from start to finish, with everyone involved working on peak form.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.3
72% Positive
42 Ratings
42 Ratings
16% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
12% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
Aug 19, 2018
9
I've always loved this movie, but there's no WAY this movie gets made today given the current climate of relations between men and women. Grand and Stewart are masterful, and Hepburn is killer- this was her big comeback, and she does it with class.
Mar 18, 2025
6
Classically plotted and performed. The plot is almost nothing here, its all about letting the actors do their thing.
100
Mercifully, The Philadelphia Story then transmogrifies into one of the smartest, sassiest - and sexiest - movies ever.
100
Utterly beguiling, funny and romantic.
90
The result of all this high-priced maladjustment is terribly funny, terribly upper class. No one could have written it better than Plahywright Barry, who has written it often ("Holiday," "The Animal Kingdom," et al.)...It's a good, entertaining show.
80
With such a stellar cast, a fine director working in the type of picture he did best, and some genuinely witty dialogue, this film has all the ingredients for a great comedy. And it is great, though there have been many funnier comedies. The film has an unfortunate tendency to take itself too seriously for long stretches.
80
Excellent casting, a great storyline and a shrp script mean that this remains a classic of the genre and one of Katherine Hepburn's best roles.
Apr 2, 2025
3
Muchas veces se cree que por juntar a las mayores estrellas de la época, automáticamente la película es buena, y eso es lo que le sucede a esta película. Si bien es cierto que, en algunos momentos, tanto el guion como la actuación reflejan verdadera profundidad con respecto a temas como que a veces somos de la peor calaña por dentro, pero por todos los medios intentamos aparentar que realmente somos buenas personas, el problema es que esa idea es solo un momento, mientras que lo demás son chistes y escenas aburridas y hasta absurdas. Además, el final es horroroso, porque de cierta forma hace quedar bien a quien cometió un error, y a quien hizo las cosas “bien” lo hacen ver como que está mal, cosa con la que nunca voy a estar de acuerdo en una película.
