Woman of the Year

Woman of the Year (1942) starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn. First on-screen pairing of Tracy and Hepburn is a disappointment. Episodic plot wanders from one scene to another, not much happens. The pair play rival journalists who meet and fall in love, and soon get married. That's when the trouble starts. Her career gets in the way of the marriage, and she doesn't really know how to be a wife. Various complications ensue, but really the only reason to watch this is for the star power of the legendary duo. They would go on to make nine movies together, and have a storied relationship off-screen. But this film doesn't live up to the hype. (English subtitles for the hearing-impaired are available, and the movie is closed-captioned.) Grade: B-