Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Executscan Expected more

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

bigverybadtom Certainly an intriguing concept-a Runyonesque story about a shady sports promoter who finds a female athlete and decides he can make her a big sports star and a moneymaker for himself, except that she only plays well when her domineering fiancée is not around. She turns out to be rebellious if either her fiancée or her promoter push her around too much. And there is good chemistry and interaction between the leads.Yet the movie has its faults too, namely being too long for what it is, with sports sequences that go one for longer than they need to, and the rather pointless inclusion of the boxer the promoter also has under his wing. Also, though the movie is presumably a comedy, it has few laughs in it. The movie tries, but it never quite satisfies in the end.

JohnHowardReid I didn't like "Pat and Mike" when I first saw it in an MGM revival season at the movies. I still didn't like it when I viewed it on TV. So it was with rather mixed feelings that I decided to watch the DVD. I thought I could always turn it off if it was just as uninteresting and unfunny and as plain boring as I remembered it. But I was wrong. This time, I found the movie thoroughly entertaining. I enjoyed the script which provided Katherine Hepburn with so many wonderful opportunities to shine brightly and take the lead. I thought Tracy gave her excellent support. I wasn't over-impressed with Aldo Ray, but his role is small and he does no damage. I was surprised that George Cukor was able to stage all the sporting events so convincingly. Action is not generally regarded as his forte, but this time, no doubt aided by Hepburn herself and the other specialists on tap, he came through most convincingly not only on the various sport fronts, but on such wonderful scenes as when Hepburn beats all the bullies at their own game! My only quibble is that maybe we see too much of William Ching's character. In real life, one would hope that a Hepburn clone would give him his walking papers much sooner! But otherwise Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin have provided a most entertaining, yet pleasingly unusual script. It's definitely one for connoisseurs.

Tim Kidner I'm not really a sports fan and watching it on TV, especially golf is just a bit of a no-no. Therefore, that side of things wasn't going to keep me hooked.What does, of course is the famous Hepburn/Tracy coupling and every scene that they're in has that rare chemistry these days - of people on the same wavelength, actually liking each other. The fact that that is underestimating it, to say the least would not surprise the viewer who didn't know at the time and delight further those who did.Neither one is my favourite actor, by quite a long way but together there's an easy, natural charm that makes a story - almost any story tick along like a Swiss watch. It's quite daft in places, possibly adding to its charm and is largely forgettable, though the premise of a female tennis and golf pro needing a shot in the arm by a cynical coach is now no longer new, it must have seemed fresh exactly 60 years ago.It's great also to see Charles Bronson in his first feature, though he's listed as Charles Buchinski. There's also Hepburn's distracting and pest of a fiancée, played by William Ching and a rather stupid boxer that Tracy has on his books, played by Aldo Ray.This isn't the greatest pairing of the couple ever made but a good one and I watched this DVD as part of the Tracy & Hepburn Collection, the others in it being Keeper of the Flame, Woman of the Year and Adam's Rib.

kenjha In this disappointing follow-up to the excellent "Adam's Rib," Hepburn plays a multi-sport athlete who is managed and promoted by Tracy. There are two funny scenes: one involving a tennis match and another where Hepburn slugs a couple of goons to protect Tracy. The other ninety percent of this supposed comedy is devoid of laughs and there is little plot. Cukor can't overcome the witless script by Gordon and Kanin. In fact he makes matters worse by inserting extended sport sequences, particularly golf, that are neither funny nor exciting. The film provides early roles for Bronson, Backus, and Connors, as well as the opportunity to see various famed tennis and golf stars.