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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe genius of Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice is that it understands the peculiar nature of the moral crisis for Americans in this age group, and understands that the way to consider it is in a comedy.
- 100The acting is superb. Cannon proves an expert comedienne. She and Gould practically steal the film, although admittedly they have the best lines. Wood and Culp give equally fine performances....The film is almost flawless, presenting the issues in a pleasing, entertaining and thought-provoking manner.
- 80Time OutTime OutToo often dismissed as modish, it's in fact a mostly very funny, insightful, gently romantic account of well-meaning couples.
- 80The New YorkerPauline KaelThe New YorkerPauline KaelThe scenes involving Gould and Cannon are small miracles of timing; Cannon (who looks a bit like Lauren Bacall and a bit like Jeanne Moreau, but the wrong bits) is also remarkably funny in her scenes with an analyst (played by the analyst Donald F. Muhich). You can feel something new in the comic spirit of this film - in the way Mazursky gets laughs by the rhythm of cliches, defenses, and little verbal aggressions.
- 60TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThe dialog is wonderful, but at times director Mazursky sacrifices the human element of his story to indulgent camerawork.
- 40Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThe results are pretty obnoxious and only intermittently funny, but certainly characteristic.