Pat and Mike
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: June 13, 1952 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
79
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
The point isn't what happens, but how it happens, and under the direction of George Cukor--working from the script by Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon--Tracy and Hepburn turn in unforgettable performances. Read full review
100
The New YorkerPauline Kael
George Cukor directed--beautifully. It's as close to perfect as you'd want it to be.
90
The Observer (UK)Philip French
This undervalued comic masterpiece, scripted by the husband-and-wife team of Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, would be a fine film even if it didn't try to be funny, which it so successfully does. [06 May 2007, p.64]
83
Entertainment WeeklyJill Rachlin
Pat and Mike is notable for featuring such actual female sports stars as Babe Didrickson Zaharias and Betty Hicks, and for displaying Hepburn’s own athletic prowess. Read full review
80
EmpireDavid Parkinson
Not quite as fully realised as the classic Adam's Rib, but generally good. Read full review
75
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
One of the better Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn comedies—not so much for the screenplay by Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon, which lacks the bite and sophistication of Adam's Rib, as for the relaxed and graceful interplay of the stars. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Tracy is given some choice lines in the script and makes much of them in an easy, throwaway style that lifts the comedy punch. Read full review
60
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
It is smoothly directed by George Cukor and slyly, amusingly played by the whole cast, especially by its due of easy, adroit, experienced stars. Read full review
60
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
This is a lazy, episodic, conventional but strangely charming variation on the old comedy formula of initially hostile misfits falling in love (here platonic). Read full review
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