The substance is still insufficient for the vast spread of screen which CinemaScope throws across the front of the theatre, and the impression it leaves is that of nonsense from a few people in a great big hall.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
[A] feeble little comedy, which hardly needed a wide screen and which just about gets by on star power.
– Adrian Turner,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
A real standout among the other players is William Powell as the elderly Texas rancher who woos, wins and then gives up Bacall.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
fresh:
The stars save this 1953 entry, through fruitful collision if not smooth collaboration.