Sweet Movie 1974

Vincent Canby, New York Times: The over-all work remains a courageous example of a personal kind of film making that, to me, leads nowhere. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Though much of the content is scandalous, the title is ultimately an accurate one -- the sensibility behind the images is innocent, enthusiastic, and childlike. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: I didn't hate it, although it affected me in bewildering and sometimes unpleasant ways. I didn't find it a success, but I found it an audacious attempt, and it's filled with images impossible to forget. Read more

Time Out: Potentially one of the most scandalous films ever made -- except that it has been little seen outside France and has not aged well. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Neither hard nor softcore. Yugoslav filmmaker Dusan Makavejev's first pic in the West, is provocative but also arbitrary. Read more