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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineMiraculously mad masterpiece.
- 90Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonThe nearest thing to pandemonium ever seen on film and every minute of it is sublime. [27 Aug 1987, p.D7]
- This is the master of subversion's most subversive work.
- 88Chicago ReaderDave KehrChicago ReaderDave KehrCaustic and chaotic in the arch Sturges manner, it's probably his funniest and most smilingly malicious film.
- 80The New York TimesBosley CrowtherThe New York TimesBosley CrowtherMr. Sturges as author and director, is thoroughly up to his stinging style in this film. Situations spark, dialogue crackles and his camera works like a playful Peeping Tom. And from all of the actors he gets performances that make them look like inspired comedians.
- 80Time OutTime OutGreat verbal gags and non-sequiturs, fast-paced action, and a thorough irreverence for all things deemed respectable - politicians, policemen and magistrates included - make it a lasting delight, not least when the lady finally gives birth...to sextuplets.
- 80EmpireDavid ParkinsonEmpireDavid ParkinsonSturges' no-holds-barred comic cristicism of American Forces abroad is still challenging and funny.
- 75Portland OregonianTed MaharPortland OregonianTed MaharIt's all done in perfect taste. Sturges' specialty was sophisticated films about largely unsophisticated characters, and his talent shines here. [28 Jul 1991, p.34]
- 75USA TodayRobert BiancoUSA TodayRobert BiancoThis Preston Sturges classic cast Hutton as a small-town girl who gets pregnant by a soldier whose name she can't remember. No film better channels her comic energy or makes better use of her obvious yearning for acceptance. [19 Jun 2000]