To Be or Not to Be 1983

Vincent Canby, New York Times: Ssmashingly funny. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: I can't remember another film that took so little care with the details of ambience: the cruddy sets and flat, underworked sound track drain any sense of life from the project. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Brooks combines a backstage musical with a wartime romance and comes up with an eclectic comedy that races off into several directions, usually successfully. Read more

Time Out: Johnson may not quite have Lubitsch's lightness of touch, but he puts an excellent cast through their paces with great verve, and the charm is as potent as ever. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Bancroft's sustained delights are not matched by Brooks, who seems to be trying too hard. Read more