Keeper of the Flame
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: December 1, 1942 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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60
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
It works well if rather stiffly for a while, with excellent performances (Wycherly and da Silva are outstanding), but blows up into absurd histrionics and naive propaganda. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
This is an offbeat gothic drama with elements of mystery, that would be nothing more than a muddle if not for the compelling presence of Tracy and Hepburn. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
In spite of the creative team—Hepburn, Tracy, and director George Cukor—this curiously flat 1943 melodrama redeems itself only from moment to moment. Read full review
40
The New YorkerPauline Kael
Tracy and Hepburn, but not a comedy, and not good, either.
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