I Know Where I'm Going!
Universal Pictures | Release Date: September 27, 1946 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
86
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Universal acclaim based on 16 Critic Reviews
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16
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100
Entertainment WeeklySteve Simels
The writing-directing team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger is best known for Technicolor wonders The Red Shoes and The Tales of Hoffman, but I Know Where I’m Going!, a far less famous black-and-white romantic fable, is as charming as anything in their oeuvre. Read full review
100
The GuardianPeter Bradshaw
The happiness and innocence in this film are beyond compare. Read full review
100
TV Guide MagazineMichael Scheinfeld
I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING! is a beautiful film about the profound effects of nature on people, and that fact that the universe can be a wondrous and magical place if one keeps oneself open to its vast mysteries. Read full review
100
The Observer (UK)Philip French
An enduring minor masterpiece with an amazing climax featuring a boat caught in a treacherous whirlpool. [05 Feb 2012, p.45]
100
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Made with brisk energy, shot with Powell's limitless ingenuity, written with fairy-tale echoes and steeped in a love for northern Scottish folkways, it's apt to become a favorite film the first time you see it. [02 Mar 2001]
90
The New YorkerPauline Kael
This is a charmer of a movie.
88
Movie NationRoger Moore
Compared to the gravitas of “The 49th Parallel” and “One of Our Aircraft is Missing,” and the strained metaphors of “A Canterbury Tale,” “I Know Where I’m Going” is downright fluffy, feather light, despite a harrowing peril-at-sea sequence that is as polished as anything from the filming tank/rear projection era in black and white film. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
The film isn't as deep or ambitious as some of the Powell-Pressburger films that followed, but it's still a delightful love story, blessed with attractive leads, lovely locations, and witty dialogue. Read full review
80
EmpireJake Hamilton
One of the greatest (and sadly most forgotten) romantic comedies ever, which has not a cracking script, but some trademark-terrific visuals. Read full review
80
The New York TimesStaff (Not Credited)
This simple story line is developed with considerable imagination, wit and emotional insight into a thoroughly en-joyable and exhilarating romantic experience. Read full review
80
TimeStaff (Not Credited)
The film is an achievement in civilized comedy; even in its grave and noble moments it preserves a graceful, tender gaiety. Read full review
80
Time OutGeoff Andrew
Full of well-integrated symbols (islands, hawks, a whirlpool) and lyrically shot in monochrome by Erwin Hillier, it's all quite beautiful, combining romance, comedy, suspense and a sense of the supernatural to winning effect. Read full review
80
The TelegraphStaff (Not Credited)
Among Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's formidable oeuvre, this early romcom stands out for charm and quirkiness. [20 Aug 2020, p.20]
75
LarsenOnFilmJosh Larsen
The central romance of I Know Where I’m Going! may be a bit of a drip, but swirling around it are filmmaking flourishes of the sort that the filmmaking team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger would lavish on the cinema throughout the 1940s, under the name of The Archers. Read full review
75
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
Funny and stirring, in quite unpredictable ways, with the usual Powellian flair for drawing the universal out of the screamingly eccentric. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
I Know Where I'm Going! has all the values of a documentary as a foundation for the tale of a girl who is sure she knows where she is going until she gets sidetracked - and likes it. Read full review
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