U.K. release title: BABY BE GOOD.
Copyright 13 January 1940 by Warner Bros Pictures, Inc. A Warner Bros-First National Picture. New York opening at the Roxy: 26 January 1940. U.S. release: 13 January 1940. Australian release: 14 March 1940. 8,060 feet, 89½ minutes.
COMMENT: Despite a lot of frantic talk and a bit of far-fetched activity, this small-budget sequel to Brother Rat will discourage all but the originals' most fervent admirers. Everything about this movie is distinctly second-rate: the script is a bore, the acting charmless, the direction relentlessly routine.
OTHER VIEWS: The popularity of Brother Rat called for a sequel, but the result was a considerable disappointment to the public. The boyish escapades that seemed amusing in uniform became merely childish and silly in civilian clothes.
Copyright 13 January 1940 by Warner Bros Pictures, Inc. A Warner Bros-First National Picture. New York opening at the Roxy: 26 January 1940. U.S. release: 13 January 1940. Australian release: 14 March 1940. 8,060 feet, 89½ minutes.
COMMENT: Despite a lot of frantic talk and a bit of far-fetched activity, this small-budget sequel to Brother Rat will discourage all but the originals' most fervent admirers. Everything about this movie is distinctly second-rate: the script is a bore, the acting charmless, the direction relentlessly routine.
OTHER VIEWS: The popularity of Brother Rat called for a sequel, but the result was a considerable disappointment to the public. The boyish escapades that seemed amusing in uniform became merely childish and silly in civilian clothes.
- Tony Thomas in The Films of Ronald Reagan.