The first part of the film, the best, is unmistakably Hawks.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Although there is nothing new in the theme, it has been simply and powerfully expressed by a number of admirable performances, and it has been played against an interesting background.
– Frank S. Nugent,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
fresh:
Hawks transformed Edna Ferber's historical novel into a sprawling adventure of hard-driving masculine will and a tragedy of its erotic limits.