Screen Savers Movies » Pat and Mike http://screensaversmovies.com 40 Remarkable Movies Awaiting Rediscovery Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:54:42 +0000 en hourly 1 Pat and Mike (1952) http://screensaversmovies.com/pat-and-mike-1952 http://screensaversmovies.com/pat-and-mike-1952#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:01:03 +0000 John DiLeo http://screensaversmovies.com/?p=202 Pat and Mike has an unusually modern premise for a 1950s romantic comedy, examining the psychological barriers that prevent people from achieving their goals. (Adam’s Rib, better known than Pat and Mike, covers more conventional turf: it’s a classic battle-of-the-sexes comedy.) Pat and Mike is every bit as good-spirited and timeless as Woman of the Year is unfair and old-fashioned. Made with an all-pervasive air of effortlessness, and clearly an inexpensive production, Pat and Mike can unjustly be dismissed as slight or minor. It has no scenes of sidesplitting hilarity and its pace isn’t rapid-fire. It’s the kind of comedy that provokes a long, sustained smile because everything about it is so right. No garden-variety romantic comedy, in either plot or character, it’s about hooking up with the person who helps you be your best self.

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]]> http://screensaversmovies.com/pat-and-mike-1952/feed 0 Pat and Mike (1952): Tracy and Hepburn and Gender Equality http://screensaversmovies.com/pat-and-mike-1952-tracy-and-hepburn-and-gender-equality http://screensaversmovies.com/pat-and-mike-1952-tracy-and-hepburn-and-gender-equality#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:25:23 +0000 John DiLeo http://screensaversmovies.com/pat-and-mike-1952-tracy-and-hepburn-and-gender-equality/ Pat and Mike has an unusually modern premise for a 1950s romantic comedy, examining the psychological barriers that prevent people from achieving their goals. (Adam’s Rib, better known than Pat and Mike, covers more conventional turf: it’s a classic battle-of-the-sexes comedy.) Pat and Mike is every bit as good-spirited and timeless as Woman of the Year is unfair and old-fashioned. Made with an all-pervasive air of effortlessness, and clearly an inexpensive production, Pat and Mike can unjustly be dismissed as slight or minor. It has no scenes of sidesplitting hilarity and its pace isn’t rapid-fire. It’s the kind of comedy that provokes a long, sustained smile because everything about it is so right. No garden-variety romantic comedy, in either plot or character, it’s about hooking up with the person who helps you be your best self.

excerpted from John DiLeo’s
Screen Savers: 40 Remarkable Movies Awaiting Rediscovery
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