FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
The Awful Truth
Scores
- IMDb7.6/10as of 2026-06-18
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer91%as of 2024-10-31
- Rotten Tomatoes average8.2/10as of 2021-10-05
- Metacritic87/100as of 2025-11-19
What it is
The Awful Truth is a 1937 American screwball comedy film directed by Leo McCarey, and starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. Based on the 1922 play The Awful Truth by Arthur Richman, the film recounts a distrustful rich couple who begin divorce proceedings, only to interfere with one another's romances.
At a glance
- Genres
- Romance / Comedy
- Original language
- English
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