“The plot of You Were Never Lovelier is as forgettable as it is frothy. So forget the storyline and revel in the Astaire-Hayworth dance duets, the specialty numbers by bandleader Xavier Cugat and the Jerome Kern-Johnny Mercer score, including such standards-to-be as Dearly Beloved and I’m Old Fashioned.”Hal Erickson: You Were Never Lovelier bei AllMovie (englisch)
“A gay bit of frivolous fluff in which Mr. Astaire and Miss Hayworth dance singly or together quite charmingly […]. A smooth tune called I’m Old-Fashioned brings out the best in both, […] and Mr. Astaire performs one of the snappiest solos of his career to a melange of Latin music […]. And so You Were Never Lovelier is reported in as light and winsome fare.”Bosley Crowther: ‘You Were Never Lovelier,’ With Rita Hayworth, Fred Astaire, Arrives at the Music Hall. In: The New York Times, 4. Dezember 1942.
“You Were Never Lovelier […] presents fresh evidence that Fred Astaire is still a superb dancer and a deft light-comedian and that Rita Hayworth is still the most ambrosial lady he has ever teamed with. […] This time Fred Astaire’s dancing is not as expertly invented or as lyrically staged as his best, but it is still the best dancing in movies. Long-boned Rita Hayworth is as richly lovely as a good reproduction of a Renaissance painting.” Vgl. Cinema: The New Pictures. In: Time, 16. November 1942.
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“This is purely escapist screen fare […]. There isn’t even a hint of the war, and that is some compensation for the few slow spots in the story’s unfolding. Hayworth has never been portrayed lovelier or more talented than she is here.” Vgl. You Were Never Lovelier. In: Variety, 1942.
