Ninotchka 1939

Frank S. Nugent, New York Times: One of the sprightliest comedies of the year. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: The satire may be mostly a matter of easy contrasts, but the lovers inhabit a world of elegance and poise that is uniquely and movingly Lubitsch's. Read more

Whittaker Chambers, TIME Magazine: This one is neither crude clowning nor crude prejudice, but a literate and knowingly directed satire which lands many a shrewd crack about phony Five Year Plans, collective farms, Communist jargon and pseudo-scientific gab. Read more

Geoff Brown, Time Out: It's still consistently amusing, and Garbo throws herself into the fray with engaging vigour. Read more

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: Ninotchka is delicate flirtation and political satire made into a perfect whole, and a reminder of skills that studio writers have largely lost. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Selection of Ernst Lubitsch to pilot Garbo in her first light performance in pictures proves a bull's-eye. Read more