An Affair to Remember
Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: July 19, 1957 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
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Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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60
BBCAlmar Haflidason
Branded by some as nothing more than a glorified soap opera, "An Affair to Remember" isn't afraid to employ some rather obvious dramatic devices, but it's hard not to become swept-up into a romance that seems doomed to failure. Read full review
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EmpireIan Nathan
One of the most legendary tear-jerkers of the 20th century. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
This film is one of the most effective tearjerkers ever made and is given sophistication and style by its consummate lead actors. Read full review
50
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
Mr. McCarey's direction is unpropitiously and unaccountably slow. Could it be, too, that a brand of make-believe that was tolerable eighteen years ago, before color and CinemaScope and other intrusions, is just a little discomforting now? Read full review
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The New YorkerRichard Brody
McCarey plays the shipboard courtship for generous and tender laughs—the wryly staged first kiss is one of the sweetest in all cinema—but the comedy that follows on dry land is mostly inadvertent. Read full review
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