A movie you could release today and people would still love it. What a charming classic

| Apr 7, 2025

Arguably Frank Capra’s first classic.

| Mar 28, 2025

Really, what makes It Happened One Night special is that—unlike the rom-coms that followed in its wake—it doesn’t have to be in conversation with what it means to “be a rom-com.”

| Jul 9, 2024

The grandaddy of all rom-coms is this ingenious, fabulously smutty and still relevant 90-year-old two-hander.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 9, 2024

Considering its subject, it is better than it has any right to be -- better acted, better directed, better written.

| Sep 11, 2023

Satisfying and romantic, the chemistry between Gable and Colbert is unmatched.

| Jun 14, 2023

...It Happened One Night remains one of the greatest romantic comedies ever made.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 17, 2023

The two stars interact with easy, on-the-button timing; Gable has a gift for seeming virile even at his most foolish, and when things go wrong Colbert manages to look starry-eyed and blankly depressed at the same time.

| Jul 28, 2022

The acting provides deceit, romance and comedy in a grandiose way. But it's inevitable to feel that time has gone by and through It Happened One Night's narrative efforts. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jun 23, 2022

After nearly a century of critics, scholars, and moviegoers singing its praises, the answer to what makes the film endure remains simple, if rather dissatisfying: Movie Magic.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 13, 2022

Boy, howdy, this is one that you cannot afford to miss.

| Feb 17, 2022

I have not enjoyed a film so much for a long time as I did It Happened One Night, a really delightful comedy-drama featuring Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable.

| Feb 17, 2022

Once in a great while, Hollywood outdoes itself and produces a motion picture that establishes a new high mark in genuine entertainment. Such a picture is It Happened One Night.

| Feb 11, 2022

Skilful direction by Frank Capra, brilliant acting by Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, crisp dialogue and an exciting plot make It Happened One Night... one of the most entertaining films oi the year.

| Feb 10, 2022

It Happened One Night is one of the most entertaining films I have seen. Its entertainment value is entirely due to good acting and good directing, particularly to the latter.

| Feb 10, 2022

The quintessential pre-Code rom-com, laying out the template for a formula that exists to this day.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 25, 2021

It Happened One Night is a sparkling, amusing, clean and thoroughly delightful Columbia picture which this writer would enjoy seeing a second time.

| Jun 10, 2021

It makes no difference where you see it, just so long as you see it. But if I were you, I'd see it now. And you've got to see it, for it's straight, genuine fun.

| Mar 31, 2021

The co-stars are a refreshing team with their good looks, bonhomie, and talent.

| Mar 31, 2021

It is my broad opinion as a motion picture fan that It Happened One Night is one of the most entertaining films that has ever been offered to the public.

| Mar 31, 2021