The Big Carnival
Metascore
72 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    It's dark, funny, ferocious, and vintage Wilder all the way.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    100
    A searing example of writer-director Billy Wilder at his most brilliantly misanthropic. An uncompromising portrait of human nature at its worst, the film was so far ahead of its time in its depiction of a media circus and the public's appetite for tragedy that it was a commercial disaster when first released, but now stands as one of the great American films of the 1950s.

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