My Favorite Wife
RKO Radio Pictures | Release Date: May 17, 1940 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
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Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
A frankly fanciful farce, a rondo of refined ribaldries and an altogether delightful picture with Cary Grant and Irene Dunne chasing each other around most charmingly in it. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianStaff (Not Credited)
A crisp, witty comedy on the Enoch Arden theme. [02 Apr 1999]
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Irene Dunne and Cary Grant pick up the thread of marital comedy at about the point where they left off in The Awful Truth. With these two stars working again with Leo McCarey, a surefire laughing film is guaranteed. Read full review
70
The New YorkerPauline Kael
Tennyson wrote Enoch Arden in 1864, and the movies have been making versions of it ever since D.W. Griffith did it in 1908 (and again in 1911). This one is the most famous and the funniest.
60
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
Garson Kanin directed this late, trivial screwball comedy (1940), and while it’s pleasant enough, the freshness is definitely off the bloom. Read full review
60
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Grant's habitual skill at playing the faint-hearted prig is such that one can almost overlook the moments of mawkish sentiment and gentle complacency about the country club milieu. Read full review
50
The TelegraphTim Robey
It's too cruel to be all that much fun, and lacks the antagonistic zip of the earlier Dunne/Grant divorce romp The Awful Truth. [08 Nov 2003]
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