Number 17
Republic Pictures Home Video | Release Date: July 18, 1932 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
ColliderJo Charnock
For a film that's little more than an hour long, Number 17 manages to weave a complex plot of who's who and whodunit. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Most of the film is set in an abandoned house, where enjoyably murky intrigues abound, and the last ten minutes feature a chase sequence with miniatures that is almost as much fun. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyWesley Stenzel
The story is practically impossible to follow, the direction is imprecise, and the whole thing is visually dizzying. Read full review
40
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
There are occasional flourishes that testify to the director's ingenuity and ability - Expressionist lighting, faces looming over spiral staircases, hats blown off in the wind - and Hitch throws in plenty of knockabout English humour, but the plotting is half-baked and the special effects are so crude that they make the back projection in Marnie look like the last word in verisimilitude. Read full review
30
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Like the play, the story is vague and, despite its intended eerieness, unconvincing. [02 Aug 1932, p.17]
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