A playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is having romantic problems of his own.
It goes overboard in pressing for its goal and consequently suffers from over-contrived treatment.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
23 Mar 2009
fresh:
Clive Donner's stylish direction harmonizes well with Woody Allen's inspired screenplay to yield an elegant entertainment, proving once again that Allen is a better scenarist than a director.
– Don Druker,
Chicago Reader,
21 May 2005
rotten:
Somewhere in the proceedings there were sane and skillful artisans at work.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
21 May 2005
rotten:
What's New Pussycat? is a comedy built on so many shaky assumptions that it ought to sue for nonsupport.