A terrific performance as the antagonist of this political comedy. The film, Frank Capra's final movie, sadly runs out of steam fairly quickly and Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, while they have their moments, are far from their best here. But Lansbury is splendid as the scheming Republican millionaire newspaper owner, and the film lights up whenever she is on screen (which, alas, is very little after the first half hour or so).
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Reply by barrymost
on May 27, 2022 at 10:00 AM
I agree with your thoughts about the movie. Yes, it sadly didn't have the real "Capra feel" that made me love his other movies so much. I have to add though, that this wasn't Frank Capra's final film. "Pocketful of Miracles" (1961) with Glenn For and Bette Davis, was his last. Not sure what, if anything, he made between "State of the Union" and that.