Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Directed by Howard Hawks · 102 min · Comedy, Romance
73.5 TOPICAL score · #607 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.
Bringing Up Baby (1938, directed by Howard Hawks) has a TOPICAL score of 73.5 - ranked 607 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on historical impact and critics, and lowest on awards. Critics: 97% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 91. Audiences: TMDB 7.5/10 (1,131 ratings) · IMDb 7.8/10. Wikipedia covers it in 46 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics97% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 91
- AudienceTMDB 7.5/10 (1,131 ratings) · IMDb 7.8/10
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 46 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read23,880 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
- Cult statusWikipedia mentions a cult following 1 time
Starring: Katharine Hepburn (actor #41), Cary Grant (actor #21), Charles Ruggles (actor #1,664), Walter Catlett (actor #1,670)
“Leonard Maltin stated that it is now "considered the definitive screwball comedy, and one of the fastest, funniest films ever made; grand performances by all."”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10