When Worlds Collide
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: November 15, 1951 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

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70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Top honors for this inter-planetary fantasy rest with the cameramen and special effects technicians rather than with performances of the non-name cast. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklySteve Simels
When Worlds Collide is essentially 81 minutes of bad emoting by future TV actors. Read full review
60
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Based on a novel by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer once envisaged as a Cecil B DeMille project back in 1934, George Pal's production is better remembered for its apocalyptic special effects than for the perfunctory dialogue, but the gripping story keeps you watching. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
If the naive dramatic situations and trite idealism can be ignored, the viewer is in for an amazing spectacle of special effects in WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE. Read full review
40
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
Mr. Pal barely gets us out there, but this time he doesn't bring us back. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Rudolph Mate directed, and Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, and John Hoyt all make a game try at sounding like real people—which is not always easy, given Sidney Boehm’s script. Read full review
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