...uniformly compelling, captivating performances...

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 5, 2021

Miss Holliday is simply wonderful. So much is this the fact that, when the plot does not require her presence -- fortunately, not often -- the film slows down.

| Jan 26, 2021

The story's unimportant. What's important is Judy Holliday, building out of her own gorgeous talent a character who is exciting, funny, tender and pitiful all at once.

| Jan 14, 2021

The success of the picture is due to direction (Cukor) that makes one hyperconscious of visual gags and wastes little time authenticating the brassy Kanin play.

| Nov 24, 2020

Even the outdated, idealistic view of governmental underpinnings and the unlikely leniency of tempestuous thugs can't stop the film from being monumentally appealing.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 15, 2020

Born Yesterday is lifted above the average by Judy Holliday's performance.

| Mar 23, 2020

Miss Holliday's slow awakening from near-imbecility to near-intelligence is certainly enchanting, and both Mr. Broderick Crawford's brashness and Mr. William Holden's shyness leave nothing to be desired.

| Mar 23, 2020

Humor good, dialogue excellent, story fair.

| Mar 23, 2020

It requires absolute virtuosity to get the full portrait of this hilarious heroine on the stage. This is exactly what Miss Holliday gives it.

| Mar 23, 2020

[Judy Holliday] shines brightly. Her squeaky voice, her strutting, and her romantic ideas combine to make quite a character.

| Mar 23, 2020

A good story and cast suffer from an overly theatrical adaptation from the Broadway play.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 23, 2020

An excellent comedy, equally gratifying to the funnybone and the intelligence of an adult audience.

| Mar 23, 2020

The script is lively, dialogue is quite witty, acting generally is good and the comedy is sufficiently high to survive the rather sentimental message.

| Mar 23, 2020

Judy Holliday brings a humanity to a character that is easy to dismiss and has fantastic chemistry with her costar William Holden

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 21, 2020

The show comes off as one of the best comedies in recent seasons. This is largely due to a sparkling portrayal of Judy Holliday.

| Jul 30, 2019

The moment Judy Holliday opens her mouth at and screeches "Whaaaaaaat????" in a thick New York accent it is hard to not fall in love with George Cukor's Born Yesterday.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 21, 2014

Holliday delights as she tosses off the malaprops that so aptly fit the character.

| Mar 26, 2009

Lively political comedy.

| Aug 8, 2008

George Cukor directed, a little impersonally for him.

| Jan 11, 2008

Judy Holliday steals the show as the dumb blonde whose gangster boyfriend wants her to acquire some culture, so he hires her a tutor.

| Jan 11, 2008