The Shop Around the Corner 1940

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: This 1940 film is one of Ernst Lubitsch's finest and most enduring works, a romantic comedy of dazzling range. Read more

Frank S. Nugent, New York Times: ...a pretty kettle of bubbling brew it makes under Mr. Lubitsch's deft and tender management and with a genial company to play it gently, well this side of farce and well that side of utter seriousness. Read more

TIME Magazine: As the plot has as many complications as characters, much of the fun comes in watching Scripter Samson Raphaelson neatly tangle and untangle them without tying himself in a hard knot. Read more

David Jenkins, Time Out: Thoroughly different from To Be or Not To Be but just as exhilarating, it's one of the few films truly justifying Lubitsch's reputation for a 'touch.' Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Although picture carries the indelible stamp of Ernst Lubitsch at his best in generating humor and human interest from what might appear to be unimportant situations, it carries further to impress via the outstanding characterizations by Margaret Sullavan Read more