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Critic's Choice (1962)

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Release Date: Apr 13, 1963 Wide

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Ira Levin wrote the stage comedy Critic's Choice as a good-natured retort to a comment made by critic Walter Kerr. In his essay How Not to Write a Play, Kerr noted that the worst possible scenario would involve a drama critic forced to review a play written by his wife (we should mention that Kerr's own wife was noted playwright Jean Kerr). Levin utilized this very scenario, and the result was a Broadway hit. Less successful artistically was the 1962 film version, though with Bob Hope and

G, 1 hr. 40 min.

Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Don Weis

In Theaters: Apr 13, 1963 Wide

On DVD: Jun 19, 2007

Cast

Bob Hope
Parker Ballantine
Lucille Ball
Angela Ballantine
Marilyn Maxwell
Ivy London
Rip Torn
Dion Kapakos
Jesse Royce Landis
Charlotte Orr
John Dehner
S.P. Champlain
Jim Backus
Dr. von Hagedom
Ricky Kelman
John Ballantine
Dorothy Green
Mrs. Champlain
Marie Windsor
Sally Orr
Evan McCord
Phil Yardley
Richard Deacon
Harvey Rittenhouse
Joan Shawlee
Marge Orr
Jerome Cowan
Joe Rosenfield
Donald Losby
Godfrey
Lurene Tuttle
Mother
Emestine Wade
Thelma
Stanley Adams
Bartender

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The story is unoriginal, but it has a good cast, and it has some funny moments. Overall it's just okay.

September 5, 2010

AJ Verser

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I didn't really care for this. I probably wouldn't watch again.

September 13, 2009

Sarah Prisbylla

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