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Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsA striking effort in its own right, though not in the ways that make one generation pass a film lovingly down to the next.
- 60TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineMost of the superstars in this fascinating but offbeat production are thoroughly unrecognizable, buried under pounds of makeup or smothered in cumbersome costumes.
- 60VarietyVarietyOn the screen it is vividly realized in all its fantastic angles. The humor is genuine and the treatment satisfying on its literary side. But an hour and a quarter of it is overpoweringly sedative. [26 Dec 1933, p.10]
- 50The New YorkerPauline KaelThe New YorkerPauline KaelThe film was lavishly produced, with great care given to the sets and costumes and makeup, but the spirit is missing.
- 50Vanity FairVanity FairIt was hoped that the picture would have a large appeal for children, but the consensus of opinion seems to have been that even the Little Ones had rather see Jean Harlow any day, or else stay home in the nursery and play Tick-Tack-Toe.
- 40Time OutTime OutMost of the blame must rest with McLeod, whose incredibly cackhanded direction piles on the whimsy by the bucket-load and can't come to grips with the absurdity at all.