The Day of the Dolphin 1973

Jay Cocks, TIME Magazine: What is left, besides a lot of pretty dolphin footage, is some bad intercollegiate-revue satire, a shadow of Sea Hunt, and a calculated sentimentality that evokes memories of Lassie Come Home. Read more

Vincent Canby, New York Times: Some of the cloak-and-dagger stuff that follows is so awkwardly staged that it's difficult to know whether the simplicity was designed for youngsters or as parody. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Tries so hard not to be a conventional science-fiction thriller that it fails, alas, to be anything. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: A bizarre and often ridiculous attempt to merge documentary, suspense and comedy. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: A rare and regrettably uneven combination of ideas and action. Read more