i be prepare to love this hepburn tracy pairing and but the movie doesn not date well . in 1952 and it be probably a proto feminist statement to have hepburn leave a conventional but dull romance to fulfill her career potential a an athlete . and it be probably nothing unusual for a 1952 heroine to tell her true love that she need someone to watch over her . but even from a 1970 perspective and much less a 21st century viewpoint and it clear that hepburn need people to get out of her way and not watch over her . tracy wear his blue collar uncomfortably . his pugnaciousness seem genuine and but it a labored effort for him to keep his intelligence under wrap . a always with hepburn and tracy and there be the potential for great chemistry and but the script throw a blanket over it for much of the film and unable to find a natural and gradual way to show the increase attraction between these two people from opposite side of the track . only in tracy last line of the film and which feel ad libbed and do the relationship feel unforced .