This romantic comedy is so much more than that. It was written for Katherine Hepburn and after playing it on stage she asked Cary Grant (who had starred with her in Bringing Up Baby, Hepburn's last movie that made her box office poison years before) to star with her.

Katherine Hepburn is great in this. She has the character down pat. She's cold and distant even while being hurt and uncertain.

Cary Grant is hilarious and you can tell sometimes when he's ad-libbing 'cause his humour is a bit off the wall. His scenes with Drunken!Jimmy Stewart are so great.

Jimmy Stewart won an Oscar for his role in this move and it's easy to see why. He goes from funny and sometimes bitterly amused to the most heartwrenching speech about beauty that after too many viewings still gets me choked up.

Its quirky, offbeat sense of humour is a nice bit of spice to the great fight scenes and softer, more character driven moments. This is the movie that I pull out when I want to laugh intelligently (and sometimes less intelligently) and still see things blowing up and people getting beat up.

The only thing that makes this movie great is Billy Zane. Seriously.