Once Upon a Crime...
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: March 6, 1992 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
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6
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Los Angeles TimesMichael Wilmington
Though it doesn't really work, there are enjoyable things about it. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
This frothy little comedy is a pleasant enough amusement. It's not a big belly-laugh of a comedy, but it's quickly paced, fun and entertaining. Read full review
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe Pollack
Once Upon a Crime could have been a boisterous slapstick comedy, but writing and direction reduce it to the status of the very ordinary. [12 March 1992, p.3E]
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)H.J. Kirchhoff
The plot is a mishmash of murder, cute pets, lost luggage, compulsive gambling and domestic disharmony, and has holes in it you could pilot a yacht through. [10 March 1992]
40
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
The cast of Once Upon a Crime performs energetically, as if the material was funny, although most of the time it is not. As a general rule, films whose plots revolve around lost dogs are apt to be short on comic inspiration, and this one is no exception. Read full review
40
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
SCTV alum Eugene Levy makes his feature-film directing debut with a film that, ironically, would have provided ample fodder for a Second City spoof as a group of US stars chews its way through Italy and France in search of a movie. Read full review
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