Pennies from Heaven 1981

Vincent Canby, New York Times: The movie, though, is not easy to respond to. It's chilly without being provocative in any intellectual way. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: He point is made endlessly, though it's in the film's favor that it's made with seriousness, consideration, and a certain amount of imagination. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Pennies from Heaven is dazzling and disappointing in equal measure. Read more

Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: Perhaps this was not the project on which to lavish so many MGM millions. The BBC show was an enchanted cottage; this is the Las Vegas Grand Hotel. Read more

Time Out: Let's face the music and dance, indeed. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Almost as if he were directing Pinter, Herbert Ross has actors speak a line, then wait two beats before delivering the next phrase. Technique smothers such ordinarily lively performers as Martin, Peters and Harper. Read more