Editing Bringing Up Baby (section)

===Critical response===
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The film received good advance reviews, with [[Otis Ferguson]] of ''[[The New Republic]]'' writing the film was very funny, and praising Hawks's direction.{{sfn|Mast|1988|p=268}} ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' also praised the film, singling out Hawks' pacing and direction, calling Hepburn's performance "one of her most invigorating screen characterizations" and saying Grant "performs his role to the hilt";{{sfn|Mast|1988|p=266}} their only criticism was the length of the jail scene.{{sfn|Mast|1988|p=267}} ''[[Film Daily]]'' called it "literally a riot from beginning to end, with the laugh total heavy and the action fast."<ref>{{cite journal |date=February 11, 1938 |title=Reviews of the New Films |journal=[[Film Daily]] |page=12}}</ref> ''[[Harrison's Reports]]'' called the film "An excellent farce" with "many situations that provoke hearty laughter,"<ref>{{cite journal |date=February 19, 1938 |title=Bringing Up Baby |journal=[[Harrison's Reports]] |page=31}}</ref> and [[John Mosher (writer)|John Mosher]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' wrote that both stars "manage to be funny" and that Hepburn had never "seemed so good-natured."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Mosher |first=John |author-link=John Mosher (writer) |date=March 5, 1938 |title=The Current Cinema |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |pages=61–62}}</ref> However, [[Frank S. Nugent]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' disliked the film, considering it derivative and cliché-ridden, a rehash of dozens of other screwball comedies of the period. He labeled Hepburn's performance "breathless, senseless, and terribly, terribly fatiguing",{{sfn|Mast|1988|p=265}} and added, "If you've never been to the movies, ''Bringing Up Baby'' will be new to you&nbsp;– a zany-ridden product of the goofy-farce school. But who hasn't been to the movies?"{{sfn|Laham|2009|p=29}}

On review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 97% based on 68 reviews, with an average rating of 9/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "With Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant at their effervescent best, ''Bringing Up Baby'' is a seamlessly assembled comedy with enduring appeal."<ref>{{cite web | title=Bringing Up Baby (1938) | url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bringing_up_baby | work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | access-date=July 26, 2023}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film holds a weighted average score of 91 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web | title=Bringing Up Baby reviews| url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/bringing-up-baby?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa0e | work=[[Metacritic]] | access-date=June 3, 2020}}</ref>