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Bosley Crowther, New York Times: Read more
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Mankiewicz's writing is bright and hard -- he's sharpening his teeth for All About Eve, made the next year -- but his acid wit is almost too much for his fragile characters to bear. Read more
Richard Brody, New Yorker: Despite its emotional intensity, the film is comic, effervescently so, and its magical ending lends wit a metaphysical dimension. Read more