Mr. & Mrs. Smith
RKO Radio Pictures | Release Date: January 31, 1941 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
ColliderAndrea Ciriaco
Alfred Hitchcock's Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a chuckle-filled screwball comedy featuring one of Lombard's greatest comedic performances. Read full review
83
IndieWireJim Hemphill
What makes the film compelling is the fact that even though Norman Krasna’s script contains no friction between the needs of the genre and the impulses of the characters, Hitchcock creates it anyway. Read full review
80
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Less Hitchcock, however, than writer Norman Krasna, who at his best could twist conventional characters and plot patterns in such beguiling ways that you'd almost forget their antiquity. This comes near his best. Read full review
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerStaff (Not Credited)
A breezy comedy about a battling couple (Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery) who discover they aren't married. [07 Sep 2004]
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Pacing his assignment at a steady gait, Hitchcock catches all of the laugh values from the above par script of Norman Krasna. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
The screenplay is by Norman Krasna, a hack of the lowest degree, but Hitchcock shapes it smoothly to his personal ends. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterStaff (Not Credited)
Mr. and Mrs. Smith is not the most brilliant comedy to hit the screen, nor is it the best directed, acted or produced. It may be disappointing to many of the followers of Norman Krasna, Alfred Hitchcock and Carole Lombard who expected extreme brilliance from that trio, but there’s enough fun in it to send you home happy with your entertainment. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyWesley Stenzel
For a rom-com, it's neither funny nor particularly romantic despite the actors' best efforts. Read full review
40
The New York TimesTheodore Strauss
A chucklesome comedy that fails to mount into a coruscating wave of laughter. Read full review
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