GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Karlee The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Edgar Allan Pooh . . . we may have gotten something interesting here along the lines of CHAIN LIGHTNING, instead of warmed-up (and second rate) George Bernard Shaw Battle-of-the-Sexes leftovers in an WITHOUT LOVE so stagy that viewers keep waiting for curtains to fall (and when one finally does, it simply gets I-Love-Lucy dusty!). A few folks claim that MGM crammed Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn into so many movies together that they eventually developed some "chemistry." That would be hard to prove if WITHOUT LOVE was your main lab result, since it smacks of an experiment gone wrong. Besides a lack of sparks developing between any of the half dozen leads, WITHOUT LOVE features a plot holier than Mr. Bin Laden after S.E.A.L. Team Six was finished with him. If Warner Bros.' CASABLANCA is the textbook example of how to make a Wartime Romance Flick, WITHOUT LOVE seems to be MGM's effort to do the opposite. At least Lauren Bacall gives Humphrey Bogart whistling lessons in TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT. All Kate teaches Spence here is how to sleepwalk.

gkeith_1 Dizzy excellent and cute. Lucy always a riot. Wynn a perfect, bumbling drunken fool. Tracy, whom I had seen in "San Francisco" (where he has no woman, but Clark Gable gets the woman), with Hepburn is always an interesting character study. Tracy puts Hepburn in the barn, but that is strangely chauvinistic. That Hepburn puts up with it is puzzling.Yes, Dizzy in the luggage and wearing a gas mask and oxygen tank on his back is sort of cute, yet grotesque and cruel. Hope the dog's handler made a lot of money on this film. I did not like, however, how Hepburn and YES Tracy mercilessly ordered Dizzy to get down off the sofa. Reminded me of movie in which Bonita Granville had two huge great danes named "Get Off the Couch" and "You, Too".I still liked this movie, however. People can marry for lots of reasons, and love is not always the reason. These people supposedly did not "love" each other, but when the old GF(wife?) and new BF show up, sparks start flying -- not the romantic type, but the marital jealousy type.Hepburn should have told Tracy to shove it, and run off with the Spanish guy, who at least paid Hepburn the attention she deserved.Regarding Tracy as being said to be a no-nonsense one-take actor, I feel his -Hepburn roles portrayed him as the ultimate dip-sh#t. He was even nicer in "Father of the Bride", with Elizabeth Taylor. He was extremely nice in the aforementioned "San Francisco". I cannot imagine what the real-life Tracy-Hepburn "romance" was all about. I see her pouring him coffee in these movies, and I wonder if their RL personal relationship was all that great. He comes off as a crude, nonromantic individual overall. Hepburn could have done better.All in all, I was interested in seeing this movie and what it was about. Given the times, strong women were expected to somewhat downplay their independence. I was disappointed that Hepburn only wanted to be Tracy's assistant; she should have been his overlord and master. In today's patois, if she had asked him to marry her, I would have expected her to give him a great big honkin' diamond men's engagement ring, lol.10/10

vincentlynch-moonoi While not the best of the Spencer Tracy/Katherine Hepburn pairings, this is a decent film about a platonic marriage. While predominantly a comedy, there are some marvelous dramatic exchanges between the two (for example, the scene where each describes why they don't want love again).Keenan Wynn lends levity with his alcoholic playboy role, and he is quite good at it. In fact, he is as likable in this film as I've ever seen him. Interesting also is a supporting role by a young Lucille Ball.There are times the script is witty and engaging, and other times it really seems to drag a bit. It's worth watching at least once, but it may not find a spot in your DVD collection, while most of the other Tracy/Hepburn films probably will.

bkoganbing Without Love is the third Philip Barry play that Katharine Hepburn was in on Broadway and then brought to the screen. It certainly is less well known than Holiday and The Philadelphia Story, but it's not as good.The story concerns a government scientist who arrives in town without a place to stay. The housing shortage in Washington, DC during the World War II years was the whole premise behind The More the Merrier. Here it's a vehicle that gets Tracy to meet Hepburn. She's a Washington socialite with a big house that she's trying to sell. Perfect for Tracy and his experiments trying to invent an oxygen mask for high altitudes.They develop feelings for each other, but both have been married before. Tracy's gone through a bad divorce and Hepburn is a widow. They agree to marry, but without emotional involvement. How that all works out is the reason you ought to see the film. For me it's the weakest of all their films together. It doesn't have the sparkle of either Woman of the Year or Adam's Rib.Possibly because on stage, Tracy's part was played by Elliott Nugent. I'm sure that the part had to have been built up for someone of Tracy's stature to even consider it even if it was Hepburn as the leading lady.Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn, and Patricia Morison all have good supporting parts here.The fans of Tracy and Hepburn, individually and collectively, should appreciate this. That's a group that takes in a whole lot of territory.