They wouldn't have fit in each other's worlds, but they could have found some middle ground, or at least bantered and necked entertainingly while ricocheting between worlds. And Ruth totally deserves Mike as well, but since it's a Romantic Comedy and it is one of the inexorable laws of (original flavor, non-deconstructed) Romantic Comedy Land that the leading lady has to end up with someone, and the leading lady is Tracy, she gets dibs on Mike because nobody else even comes close.

Maybe Ruth could get some rollicking sequel in which she herself is the leading lady and thus gets first dibs? He could even be played by Cary Grant, who does bantering reporters every bit as well as he does swanky guys. So, y'know, someone prod Miracleman or Gud or another one of our resident mad scientists into finishing up that time machine and get right on it. Because clearly there's no more important work for a time machine to do than fix Philadelphia Story.

I always felt Tracy getting back together with her ex at the end could be interpreted in many ways. It's a little cynical -- maintenance of classicist status quo, even though it's mitigated by how charming Gary Grant is. Bittersweet because of the weight of the history between the two, and because, like Fred Pete, I don't think Tracy and Mike would have worked in the long run.

I unsurprisingly agree with everything JZ said.

even though it's mitigated by how charming Gary Grant is

True. But Dexter seemed more suited to being a memorable fling than a long-haul guy.

Went to see Hail, Caesar! over the weekend, which is super lightweight and meandering, but has some spot-on old Hollywood production numbers. Doesn't really hang together as a film though. Its parts are greater than its sum.

And its treatment of women is terrible. Not that it wasn't enjoyable, but damn, how do you cast Swinton, Johansson, and McDormand and not even pass Bechdel-Wallace?

Doesn't really hang together as a film though. Its parts are greater than its sum.

Totally agree. Maybe worth the price of a matinee ticket for the Channing Tatum dance number though?

Not that it wasn't enjoyable, but damn, how do you cast Swinton, Johansson, and McDormand and not even pass Bechdel-Wallace?

YES. Unacceptable, that.

Maybe worth the price of a matinee ticket for the Channing Tatum dance number though?

Oh, definitely. In addition to the dancing (which was a sure thing to be spectacular), I was surprised that Channing did a pretty good job on the singing . And that's the one scene that lives up to the advertising about this movie being a rip-roaring comedy.

Seriously, Deadpool: good stuff.

Predictably, some dumbasses at our 10:10 p.m. showing had 2 kids under 12 with them.

I've read reviews where they say Morena is hilarious in that

She was good in her role, yeah. The whole thing was pretty well cast.