Bringing Up Baby

Bringing Up Baby

And so begins the hilarious adventure of Professor David Huxley and Miss Susan Vance, a flutter-brained vixen with love in her heart!

Directed by Howard Hawks

Produced by RKO Radio Pictures

1938102 min7.5 / 10

A delightfully absurd screwball comedy built on rapid-fire wit, physical comedy, and the romantic chaos of two mismatched people thrown together by circumstance.

David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.

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  • Does Bringing Up Baby end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 99% of films.

  • Is Bringing Up Baby easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 98% of films.

  • Is Bringing Up Baby sad? No. Less sad than 97% of films.

  • Is Bringing Up Baby violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.

  • Is Bringing Up Baby scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Surprise95

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Love88

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