The Lady Eve (1941)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:27
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.7/10
Consensus: A career highlight for Preston Sturges, The Lady Eve benefits from Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda's sparkling chemistry, and from a script that has inspired countless battle-of-the-sexes comedies.
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Directed by Preston Sturges, THE LADY EVE stars Barbara Stanwyck as Jean Herrington, a sly con artist aboard a transatlantic ocean liner who happens to run across Charles Pike (Henry Fonda), a... [More]
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette
Director: Preston Sturges
Reviews for The Lady Eve
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One of those movies whose battle-of-the-sexes themes are still relevant more than 50 years on. Full Review |
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A beguilingly ribald sex comedy, spattered with characteristic Sturges slapstick. Full Review |
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A wonderful picture set in a world of silly heirs and sharp-eyed dolls as remote from reality and yet wholly credible as that of P. G. Wodehouse. Full Review |
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Top of the line Preston Sturges with wonderful Barbara Stanwyck and surprisingly funny Henry Fonda.
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Third writer-director effort of Preston Sturges [from a story by Monckton Hoffe] is laugh entertainment of top proportions with its combo of slick situations, spontaneous dialog and a few slapstick falls tossed in for good measure. Full Review |
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Preston Sturges extended his range beyond the crazy farces that had made his reputation with this romantic 1941 comedy, and his hand proved just as sure. Full Review |
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It's a masterclass in performance and directing %u2013 and shows how romantic comedy is not for amateurs Full Review |
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Preston Sturges' most brilliant film deftly combines deftly witty dialogue and slapstick comedy, splendidly acted not only by Stanwyck and Fonda but by every single member of the ensemble. Full Review |
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4/5 |
...as powerful a feminist statement as it is a smart comedy, and all the more so for hardly seeming to break a sweat in the process. Full Review |
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As usual with Sturges, you wonder how he was able to get away with so much innuendo during Hollywood's Hayes Code period. Full Review |
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It's just not simply an hilarious and witty battle of the sexes farce but amazingly has a tender romantic side. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Scintillating Preston Sturges comedy.
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Now there's no question about it: Preston Sturges is definitely and distinctly the most refreshing new force to hit the American motion pictures in the past five years. Full Review |
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5/5 |
Screwball comedy at its finest and one of Preston Sturges' best. This deliciously funny battle of the sexes has Barbara Stanwyck as a smart, sexy con artist who wraps a bewildered Henry Fonda around her little finger. There's also a great supporting cast.
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Preston Sturges' delirious humor sets up Henry Fonda's wealthy dope to be taken by Barbara Stanwyck's seductive con artistry. Full Review |
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5/5 |
Romantic comedy perfection.
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