My Man Godfrey emerges with that evasive quality that is not skillful playing, writing or direction, but something that mysteriously adds itself to these things, and makes a tip-top picture.

| Apr 24, 2009

[A] screwball masterpiece.

| Feb 6, 2009

God, but this film is beautiful.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 6, 2009

Gregory La Cava's improvisational style received its highest critical acclaim for this 1936 film, a marginally Marxist exercise in class confusion during the Depression.

| Feb 6, 2009

William Powell and Carole Lombard are pleasantly teamed in this splendidly produced comedy.

| Oct 18, 2008

The film has lost some of its allure over the years, but it's still streets and streets ahead of the addled whimsy favoured by latter-day Hollywood.

| Feb 9, 2006

The ultimate Depression-era satire of the idle rich and tribute to the noble poor. This popular theme was never more devastatingly realized than in this opening sequence…

| Original Score: A | Nov 17, 2003

There may be a sober moment or two in the picture; there may be a few lines of the script that do not pack a laugh. Somehow we cannot remember them.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 20, 2003

Hugely popular in its day, this is witty romantic comedy with barbed social commentary.

| Mar 10, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 5, 2002