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State of the Union
A wheezy populist parable (1948) from Frank Capra's declining years. Spencer Tracy is running for national office, playing along with a group of questionable backers (led by Angela Lansbury) until wife Katharine Hepburn convinces him to stand up for his principles. The public humiliation scene--always an integral part of Capra's comedies--seems unusually sadistic this time, and most of the gags are drowned by the pompous political sermonizing. A footnote to the Hepburn-Tracy myth, better left to the hard core. 124 min. |
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