Marty 1955

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: A warm and winning film, full of the sort of candid comment on plain, drab people that seldom reaches the screen. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Paddy Chayevsky's script, adapted from his own TV play, shows his flair for dialogue at its best, and the film manages to be touching, if minor. Read more

TIME Magazine: Ernest Borgnine as Marty lives up to all the promise he showed as the sadist in From Here to Eternity, and at the same time brilliantly shatters the type-cast he molded for himself in that picture. Read more

Tom Milne, Time Out: It does have doggy charm and a certain perceptiveness. Read more

Ronald Holloway, Variety: It's a warm, human, sometimes sentimental and an enjoyable experience. Read more