Warner Bros./Seven Arts | Release Date: October 9, 1968 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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The Observer (UK)Philip French
The 1947 Broadway hit (which flopped in the West End) is an uneasy blend of Irish blarney, American whimsy and social satire (directed against Southern racists), but it's handled with freshness and vigour by Francis Coppola in his first job for a Hollywood major. [08 Mar 1988, p.13]
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Some of the whimsey in this message operetta is hard to take, but, considering the moldering ponderousness of the whole project, the young Francis Ford Coppola did his best to keep things moving in a carefree, relaxing way.