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Woman of the Year

Woman of the Year

Comedy · Romance · Drama · 1942

Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.

Movie details

Woman of the Year

“The picture of the year!”

1942 Comedy · Romance · Drama 1h 54m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.9 / 10

Community rating

Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Woman of the Year?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

George Stevens

Written by

Ring Lardner, Jr. · Michael Kanin

Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

Sam Craig

Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn

Tess Harding

Fay Bainter

Fay Bainter

Ellen Whitcomb

Reginald Owen

Reginald Owen

Clayton

Minor Watson

Minor Watson

William J. Harding

William Bendix

William Bendix

Pinkie Peters

Gladys Blake

Gladys Blake

Flo Peters

Court is in session

Put Woman of the Year on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.