Cukor and Donald Ogden Stewart's evergreen version of Philip Barry's romantic farce, centreing on a socialite wedding threatened by scandal, is a delight from start to finish, with everyone involved working on peak form.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
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George Cukor gives it the royal treatment with a splendid supporting cast...
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
2 Jul 2007
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The smarties are going to relish Philadelphia Story a lot more than the two-bit trade...
– Herb Golden,
Variety,
2 Jul 2007
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Every time Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and Jimmy Stewart connect in a scene, we hear the happy ding! of quality champagne crystal.
– Mark Bourne,
Film.com,
4 Mar 2008
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The film is a Hepburn triumph, and moviegoers who resent the theatre's habit of requisitioning their stars may feel that Miss Hepburn's time on the stage has not been spent in vain and that she simply prepared herself for this achievement.