Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Gavin Lambert's screenplay (from his own novel) lives in the land of the ambiguous and fey, which is probably why the film now seems subtle and attractive.
– ,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
rotten:
Hollywood self-satire is also a corridor of mirrors where movie makers are apt to start cringing.
– ,
TIME Magazine,
1 May 2013
rotten:
The talented director Robert Mulligan, apparently engulfed by studio overproduction, falters at times, not always knowing whether to play things straight or for laughs.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Covering a two-year period, the outcome is at times disjointed and episodic as the title character played by Natalie Wood emerges more nebulous than definitive.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
27 Oct 2008
rotten:
Wood's movements are spasmodic and graceless. The director Robert Mulligan can't quite find the rhythm, either. Some of the picture is whimsical, some of it as lugubrious as a horror movie.