Butterfield 8 1960

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: The dialogue is rough. Let's say O'Harrowing. And the ending is absurd. But so is most of it for that matter. It's the living it up that gets you in this film. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: It's just about as awful as you'd expect, despite the presence of two first-class screenwriter. Read more

TIME Magazine: A sleek and libidinous lingerie meller. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Once thought of as racy and adventurous in its treatment of sex, this turgid nonsense about a high-class whore with love in her heart has dated atrociously. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Under director Daniel Mann's guidance it is an extremely sexy and intimate film, but the intimacy is only skin deep, the sex only a dominating behavior pattern. Read more