A Little Romance 1979

Frank Rich, TIME Magazine: The film's portrait of young love may be touching, but its most moving moments celebrate love of a different kind: the passion that movie professionals, both young and old, have for their craft. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: A genuine charmer. Read more

Vincent Canby, New York Times: A Little Romance is so ponderous it seems almost mean spirited. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It gives us two movie kids in a story so unlikely I assume it was intended as a fantasy. And it gives us dialog and situations so relentlessly cute we want to squirm. Read more

Trevor Johnston, Time Out: It's not one that'll win over hardened cynics. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Fulcrum in script is the beneficent boulevardier, limned by Laurence Olivier in a modern refashioning of the old Maurice Chevalier role. Read more

Gary Arnold, Washington Post: Thanks to the heavy synthetic hand of director George Roy Hill, the potentially charming aspects of th kids' infatuation curdle into syrupy gruel. Read more