“The story grips from beginning to end with never-relaxing tension, its sombre moments relieved by lighter touches into a fascinating mosaic for nearly two hours. […] Acting honors probably will go to Dressler and Harlow, the latter giving an astonishingly well-balanced treatment of Kitty.” Vgl. Dinner at Eight. In: Variety, 1933.
“It lives up to every expectation. It is one of those rare pictures which keeps you in your seat until the final fade-out, for nobody wants to miss one of the scintillating lines.”The New York Times, vgl. tcm.com (Memento vom 28. Juni 2019 im Internet Archive).
“[A] great picture-you can’t afford to miss it […] among all these great performers it is little Jean Harlow who stands out […] Harlow is magnificent.”New York Daily Mirror, vgl. tcm.com (Memento vom 28. Juni 2019 im Internet Archive).
“Jean Harlow […] at her comic best. George Cukor directed this witty, much improved version of the Edna Ferber-George S. Kaufman play.”Pauline Kael: 5001 Nights at the Movies.Vgl. tcm.com (Memento vom 28. Juni 2019 im Internet Archive).
