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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- Garson and Ronald Colman beautifully play the delicacy of two aching souls trying to recapture their lost romance.
- 75TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineA deeply moving film, marked by superb direction of its intricate story from Mervyn LeRoy, and by the strong performances of Colman and Garson.
- 63USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkGreer Garson, in the same year as her Oscar-winning Mrs. Miniver role, shows good gams in a lively Scottish dance-hall number. And Harvest's seven Oscar nominations (including for picture, Colman and director Mervyn LeRoy) reflect the popularity the film has sustained for decades. [21 Jan 2005]
- 63Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertBoston GlobeMatthew GilbertIt's nearly over the top in the compassion department, but Random Harvest nevertheless has its satisfactions. [16 Oct 1992, p.38]
- 60EmpireDavid ParkinsonEmpireDavid ParkinsonDated and a little clunky but with a few moving performances from the leads.
- 60Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumIt has a kind of deranged sincerity and integrity on its own terms.
- 50The New York TimesBosley CrowtherThe New York TimesBosley CrowtherRandom Harvest is a strangely empty film. Its characters are creatures of fortune, not partisans in determining their own fates. Miss Garson and Mr. Colman are charming; they act perfectly. But they never seem real. And a sense of psychiatric levels is not conveyed in either the script or direction.
- 50Time OutTime OutRemarkably contrived delve into the here-today-gone-tomorrow memory of lovelorn Colman.
- 30The New YorkerPauline KaelThe New YorkerPauline KaelThe only reason to see this hunk of twaddle is the better to savor the memory of the Carol Burnett - Harvey Korman parody, which also was shorter. Mervyn LeRoy, who directed many a big clinker, also gets the blame for this one.