ruby stevens
20Feb12
^ this is very astute
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Ingrid Bergman
26Mar12
Barbara Syanwyk is simply superb and Henry Fonda is perfect as the bumbling Charles in this thoroughly entertaining, perceptive and highly recommended screwball comedy.
ruthafritap
19Mar12
Henry Fonda is so cute in here. I love that he kept falling all the times. He's very Jimmy Stewart in here though.
Rohit
20Feb12
It's funny how this films unresolved ending and grey characters make you feel a tad uncomfortable; as if there is something sinister about it. Maybe that's why the title of the film is so apt.
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Valerie Chiang
12Nov11
"i have no right to be in your cabin. i'm married." "but so am i, darling. so am i."
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Tara Violet
2Aug11
truly so sweet. I'm in love with Barbara Stanwyck now after this and Ball of Fire!
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Christopher Taylor
26Jul11
Love as an elaborate long con to combat personal fears, tricking someone to fall in love with you or finding a way to truly compliment your soul mate? This is a very complicated and charming movie with a look and feel that reminds me why I love classic era Hollywood films.
Dave
22May11
Among the two or three greatest comedies of the sound era. During Preston Struges' great run of the mid-1940s, The Lady Eve outshines them all, which is seriously saying something. Stanwyck proves her versatility here...it's amazing to think that this is the same actress who three years later would play the coldhearted Phyllis Dietrichson!
Alice Tynan
28Mar11
Where has this film been all my life?! What a masterclass in comedy, writing and direction. Yes, I shall return again and again to The Lady Eve.
G.W. Elmer
23Nov10
A smart and funny screwball by Sturges, and the film that has made me fall madly in love with Barbara Stanwyck.
Accept No Substitutions
26Oct10
I hate to slander a classic, but I think I could count on five fingers the number of times I laughed - and possibly have some left over...
catch_33
6Mar10
Hailed a screwball classic, I just don't know if I could admit as much. The story is quite weak at times implausible, but the sharp dialogue keeps it from being a complete mess. Barbara Stanwyck is wonderful, and totally revels in the character(s), deceptiveness, its great to watch her charm jump off the screen. I would have liked to enjoy it more than I did, but there is only so much Fonda falling over I can take.
Frederica Bepler
1Dec09
contains one of my favorite Sturges lines of all time: "I need him like the axe needs the turkey."
Christopher Smith
6Apr09
Amiable romantic comedy classic from writer-director Preston Sturges. The cast - Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda in particular - are top notch, and there's some great smart dialogue and gags. Unfortunately, its leisurely pacing lacks the energy it needs to really be a screwball classic.
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Howard Fritzson
11Dec08
Is there a better female romantic comedy performance than Stanwyck's in this film? There are plenty of wonderful ones such as Claudette Colbert in "Midnight" or Margaret Sullavan in "The Shop Around The Corner" or Katharine Hepburn in "Holiday" but Stanwyck's performance in "The Lady Eve" is such a dazzling achievement. Her line readings are so subtle and so funny and sensitive too.