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State of the Union (The World and His Wife) (1948)

Plot Synopsis: An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.

Rated Unrated
Directed by: Frank Capra
Release Date: Apr 30, 1948
On DVD: Aug 22, 2006
All Flixster Ratings: 4.0 Stars (99)
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12 days ago
4.0 Stars
Spencer Tracy plays a self made aircraft magnate, handpicked by his mistress (Angela Lansbury playing the head of a influential newspaper) and political insiders to run for the Presidency. Initially, Tracy shows his honest self as a -- dare I say, m... (read more)
60 days ago
3.5 Stars
A bit slower than I remembered (it was college when I saw it, so maybe I was used to listening in more detail then), but still strikingly relevant in some ways today. Who knew Angela Landsbury could be so mean?
136 days ago
4.0 Stars
Sixty years later, still a timely commentary on the American political system. Hepburn is brilliant, as always.
201 days ago
4.0 Stars
We watched Desk Set a couple of weeks ago, and were disappointed at the lack of real fizz there between Tracey and Hepburn - but, thank goodness, there's much more of it here. And the script buzzes along: for all the differences in politics, this pl... (read more)
232 days ago
3.0 Stars
Decent performances from Tracey, Lansbury and Hepburn cannot cover the strong republican views of this film, despite the insistance and contradiction on the woman being more than a wife and mother. It also lacks the charm of other Capra works.
256 days ago
5.0 Stars
What a perfect film. Maybe not as funny as their regular pairings, but still, a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful movie.
305 days ago
4.5 Stars
Worth watching today. A movie about how the system can corrupt even good men. Some things never change.
348 days ago
5.0 Stars
This 1948 production of a contemporary play about corruption in politics could be re-played in 2007/8 as a metaphor for the current Presidential race - how little has changed. A thinking person's Sunday afternoon movie, well acted by Tracy, Hepburn a... (read more)

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