Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
The not inconsiderable charms of Jayne Mansfield are much to the fore, but it's Randall's performance as timid advertising executive Rockwell Hunter that holds the whole thing together.
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Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
fresh:
In converting the stageplay Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? to his purposes, Frank Tashlin turns out a vastly amusing comedy.
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Variety,
21 Jul 2006
fresh:
Tashlin had a huge stylistic impact on the New Wave. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, his greatest film, is the template for Godard's bold use of primary colors and 'Scope in the 60s.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
[Tashlin], as the writer, producer and director of the film, has let it go mushy and sprawling even more than the original play of George Axelrod.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
fresh:
[Mansfield] constantly catches you off guard. She's this unabashedly crude movie's bleached-blond heart and soul.