Hold Back the Dawn
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: September 26, 1941 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
79
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
A touching and memorable film, this brilliant romance offers evocative performances by Boyer and de Havilland. Read full review
83
IndieWireChristian Blauvelt
[Wilder] delivered one of the finest critiques of a pre-war, isolationist U.S. committed to “America First.” Read full review
80
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
An amazingly poignant picture, rich in humor, heart and subtle ironies. Read full review
80
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
This romantic weepie is both moving and effectively stylish. Read full review
80
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
While Hold Back the Dawn is basically another European refugee yarn, scenarists Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder exercised some ingenuity and imagination and Ketty Frings' original emerges as fine celluloidia. Read full review
80
The Observer (UK)Philip French
Smoothly orchestrated entertainment. [30 Apr 2000, p.10]
70
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
Mitchell Leisen's polished direction serves this 1941 melodrama written by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett. Read full review
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