Man's Favorite Sport? (1963)

Critic Reviews

• , Variety

  Matters are helped along somewhat by an attractive and spirited cast, but not enough to keep the film consistently amusing.

• A.H. Weiler, New York Times

  Man's Favorite Sport?, the film's theme song has it, is girls. It certainly is not originality or comedy.

• , Chicago Reader

  Outdoorsman-columnist Rock Hudson suddenly finds he has to live up to his reputation in this 1964 Howard Hawks comedy that's funnier than it has any right to be.

• , TV Guide's Movie Guide

  Hawks delivers his usual heavy-handed direction, but the film's premise is too flimsy to spread over two hours. The script is marred by tired comic routines and slow pacing.

• , Time Out

  In many ways the quintessential Hollywood auteur movie.

• Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

  Here Hawks moves a little slower, cribbing some of his own early jokes, but still dead funny.

• Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

  Limp screwball comedy from the usually reliable Howard Hawks.

• Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television

  Inventive slapstick comedy and a fun movie.

• Tony Medley, Tolucan Times

  Cute Comedy

• , Film4

  Overly long screwball comedy from director Hawks who sticks to a formula he used better in Bringing Up Baby.

• Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

  Late in the day, overlong, but vastly enjoyable Hawks' comedt

• Jeffrey M. Anderson, San Francisco Examiner

  Here Hawks moves a little slower, cribbing some of his own early jokes, but still dead funny.

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