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Born Yesterday

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A scrap-metal tycoon (John Goodman) turned real-estate mogul pays a Washington newsman (Don Johnson) to educate his feisty girlfriend (Melanie Griffith).
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Critics Consensus

Not even Melanie Griffith's charisma can inject fresh energy into this ill-conceived remake, which awkwardly retreads through the classic original's story without any of its charm.

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Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle 01/11/2023
2/4
Reborn too late. Melanie Griffith is fine playing the beautiful-but-dumb (or is she?) role that Judy Holliday originated, but the film Is a dated vehicle. Go to Full Review
Leonard Klady Variety 01/11/2008
The verdict on the makeover is not all good news. Go to Full Review
Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 01/11/2008
The gin rummy game with Griffith and Goodman instead of Holliday and Crawford is enough to ruin a night out. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 10/13/2022
2.5/4
...a briskly-paced comedy that benefits substantially from its winning performances... Go to Full Review
Mike Massie Gone With The Twins 09/10/2020
5/10
Since the adherence to the source material is pretty close, there aren't many surprises. Go to Full Review
Rachel Wagner rachelsreviews.net 02/21/2020
I watched the 1993 remake of Born Yesterday and boy was that a dud. Go to Full Review
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Alain E @AlainE Jul 10 Too silly for me. I may try the original if available on line. See more jordan m 09/14/2021 I really don't get what people expect when they learn that a movie is a remake of an older movie… this one used the things that worked in the 1950 version and made some small changes to improve the comedy and the chemistry between the newsman and Billie. Melanie didn't do radically worse than Holliday had done, even though it was indeed a step down. I enjoyed the changes they made to the screenplay, but I think more of the blame for this one's lack of success lies in the casting rather than the execution as it's very difficult to look at Goodman as a believable villain. If he was an excellent bad guy his name would be Badman, but it isn't and he was right in the middle of his star-making Roseanne show when he did this. See more 01/01/2021 Great movie with great actors. I love it. It is terribly underrated. See more steve d 07/09/2020 Pointless but well done remake. See more 10/25/2016 One of my all time favorite movies! I love the cast, especially Melanie Griffith and John Goodman! See more 04/30/2016 nice bit of fun fluff See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A scrap-metal tycoon (John Goodman) turned real-estate mogul pays a Washington newsman (Don Johnson) to educate his feisty girlfriend (Melanie Griffith).
Director
Luis Mandoki
Producer
D. Constantine Conte
Screenwriter
Garson Kanin, Douglas McGrath
Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co
Hollywood Pictures, Touchwood Pacific Partners 1
Rating
PG (Scene of Abusive Behavior|Language)
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 26, 1993, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$17.8M
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
Surround
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