Twentieth Century (1934)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:21
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: In TWENTIETH CENTURY, Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore), a temperamental Broadway producer with a history of success and an ego to match, turns his tyrannical energies on young starlet Mildred Plotka... [More]
Starring: John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns
Director: Howard Hawks
Reviews for Twentieth Century
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[Howard Hawks'] mix of frantic pacing, whiplash shifts in tone and devil-may-care direction of glamorous stars in wacky parts launched the defining comedy genre of the thirties. Full Review |
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One of the sharpest ever comedy film scripts is turned in by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht. Full Review |
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Often credited as the first screwball comedy… an acerbic satire of show-business ego and superficiality. Full Review |
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5/5 |
Classic screwball romance between overbearing Broadway producer and his gorgeous but empty headed protege
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A- |
A shining example of moviemaking magnificence. Full Review |
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Funny, but it gets too repetitious in the last act and slowly crumbles into the relatively obscure minor work it has become today. Full Review |
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Less a backstage farce than prototypical screwball, Howard Hawks’ brilliantly funny Twentieth Century set the stage for the subgenre that most consider the peak of American screen humor. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Casually reverses and undermines its frumpy thesis by validating the effortlessly supple benefits of the seventh art. Full Review |
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2/4 |
...far from the classic it's often made out to be. Full Review |
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4/4 |
Hawks was gifted above all at this kind of fast-paced farce, and somehow made it work without the aid of padding or rest periods. Full Review |
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