Kiss Me, Stupid 1964

Don Druker, Chicago Reader: In any event, this has to rank as Wilder's most corrosive and despairing portrait of America. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Both Martin and Novak are at their near best, and the undertone of small-town desperation in Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond's script is effectively captured by Walston and his sidekick, Cliff Osmond. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: I recommend Kiss Me, Stupid to the skeptical with no reservations whatsoever. Read more

Murray Schumach, New York Times: There was the sharp contrast of surface-banter and concentration on detail; of unpredictable laughter, brushed off by disciplined professionalism. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Characteristically cynical, clever and brash, it's helped out enormously by the performances of Martin, Farr and (particularly) Novak... Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Wilder, usually a director of considerable flair and inventiveness -- has not been able this time out to rise above a basically vulgar, as well as creatively delinquent, screenplay... Read more

J. Hoberman, Village Voice: Kiss Me, Stupid is unlikely to inspire a Broadway musical, top an AFI poll, or birth a hundred-dollar coffee-table book, but it could burnish Wilder's posthumous reputation. Read more