Louise Brooks, especially imported for the title role, does not pan out, due to no fault of hers. She is quite unsuited to the vamp type which was called for by the play from which the picture was made.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
27 Feb 2013
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One of the classic films of the German silent era.
– Don Druker,
Chicago Reader,
27 Feb 2013
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Brooks overwhelms the lens with her magnetic eyes.
– Bill Stamets,
Chicago Sun-Times,
13 Oct 2006
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If you've never seen Brooks -- or Pandora's Box -- you've missed one of the most extraordinary personalities and films of the silent movie era.
– Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Oct 2006
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The movie remains one of the most insightful depictions of the elemental incongruity between man's nature and woman's.