Kiss Me, Stupid (re-release)
Lopert Pictures Corporation | Release Date: June 21, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
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Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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100
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Hollywood censors made Wilder reshoot one scene, but the original version has been rediscovered; while it's tame by today's standards, it makes the movie's caustic social commentary more potent than ever. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineMichael Scheinfeld
Its idiomatic wordplay and social satire is vintage Wilder, and the opening sequence where Dino performs in a nightclub is one of the funniest things that Wilder has ever done. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Cinephiles and Billy Wilder fans get a rare opportunity to see the "slightly dirtier" European ending to the director's 1964 sex farce. Read full review
60
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
A grimly suggestive and unexpectedly tender bedroom farce, Billy Wilder's Kiss Me, Stupid is a true film maudit. Read full review
50
New Times (L.A.)Andy Klein
It just doesn¹t get very good until halfway through, in large part because the usually excellent Walston is miscast. Read full review
40
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Wilder, usually a director of considerable flair and inventiveness (if not always impeccable taste), has not been able this time out to rise above a basically vulgar, as well as creatively delinquent, screenplay, and he has got at best only plodding help from two of his principals, Dean Martin and Kim Novak. Read full review
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