Boom 1968

Vincent Canby, New York Times: Those things that in the earlier versions of the work had been metaphorically stylized, have been made stunningly literal in Boom! Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: There are different kinds of bad movies. Some are simply wretchedly bad, like well, you know. Others are bad but fascinating and Boom! is one of these. Read more

TIME Magazine: This film makes it official: Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor have given up acting for entertaining. Or rather, trying to. Read more

Tom Milne, Time Out: It gets Burton and Taylor, comfortably matched, making nonsense of theme and relationships, and giving monotonously unsubtle performances (she screeches, he glooms). Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Taylor's delineation of the lead role is off the mark. Read more