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- 1942
- Approved
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 52 m
- 1942
- Approved
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 52 m
Summary When acerbic critic Sheridan Whiteside slips on the front steps of a provincial Ohio businessman's home and breaks his hip, he and his entourage take over the house indefinitely.
Directed By: William Keighley
- 1942
- Approved
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 52 m
- 1942
- Approved
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 52 m
The Man Who Came to Dinner
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Summary When acerbic critic Sheridan Whiteside slips on the front steps of a provincial Ohio businessman's home and breaks his hip, he and his entourage take over the house indefinitely.
Directed By: William Keighley
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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80% Positive
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20% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
71
80% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
20% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
A deliciously wicked character portrait and a helter-skelter satire.
Cynically witty lines, top-notch characterizations (Ann Sheridan is a delight), and welcome guest appearances by Jimmy Durante (as a Harpo Marx figure) and Reginald Gardner (doing a take on Noel Coward) make for classic comedy.
It's a pleasant movie, not quite up to its reputation. [06 Aug 2000, p.23C]
The play was built on topical jokes and a series of vaudeville turns, and in this version the jokes are flat and the turns seemed forced and not very funny.
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Production Company
Warner Bros.
Release Date Jan 24, 1942
Duration 1 h 52 m
Rating Approved
Tagline Nothing could be funnier! (Posters).
Awards
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Nomination
