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75Sharp and irresistible, and there's no other movie like it.
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70A lighter-than-air comedy than runs on pure fizz.
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70The film's bemused but genuine respect for the ingenious obviousness of a bygone cinematic language is quite moving.
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67A kind of homage to that more simple and elegant time.
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50Funny dialogue, crisp black-and-white cinematography, and a well-chosen cast of mostly stage-trained actors raise this eccentric fantasy a notch above the ordinary.
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50Almost corny enough to be hip.
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50A premise masquerading as a movie.
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50Though the story is often silly to the point of ridiculous, its goofy tone and charming characters, especially Frazier's Johnny, create a lovely idealization of a long-gone era.
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50It's really too bad the film remains so resolutely flimsy, because the novice cast is so clearly delighted to be putting on a show, their glee is contagious enough to carry us along -- for a while.
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50Charming cinematic bauble.
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40Mimics the kind of comedy that doesn't date particularly well to begin with.
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40Good-natured but labored, the film clings to its lone gimmick with increasing desperation.
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30Amusing one-joke film.
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30Essentially a one-trick pony.
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25Grows tiresome rather quickly.