Trust your basic instincts and pass on the chance to view, or re-view this tedious "classic". Pushed for decades as the "quintessential screwball comedy", "BUB" is right up there, in my own opinion, with "Casablanca", whose cheering sections drown out its legitimate critics and intimidate movie buffs so they march along lockstep. The movie is simply a dated, stagey, endurance test...for the audience. "My Man Godfrey" is a screwball comedy, and keeps its viewers floating; same for "It happened One Night".
Will someone please put the "Baby" out of its misery? Part of the problem is the "Katherine Hepburn is a Goddess Society". Sorry, Ms. Hepburn's acting style is more of an acquired taste, like esgargot. Her best work was "The African Queen", a true classic. "Bringing Up Baby" is as funny as great-grandpa's high-buttoned shoes.
Will someone please put the "Baby" out of its misery? Part of the problem is the "Katherine Hepburn is a Goddess Society". Sorry, Ms. Hepburn's acting style is more of an acquired taste, like esgargot. Her best work was "The African Queen", a true classic. "Bringing Up Baby" is as funny as great-grandpa's high-buttoned shoes.