Critic's Choice (1963)

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Directed by

Don Weis

Starring (View all)

Bob Hope
Parker Ballantine

Lucille Ball
Angela Ballantine

Marilyn Maxwell
Ivy London

Rip Torn
Dion Kapakos

Jessie Royce Landis
Charlotte Orr aka Charlie

John Dehner
S.P. Champlain

Jim Backus
Dr. William Von Hagedorn

Ricky Kelman
John Ballantine

Written by

Ira Levin
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Critic’s Choice

7 years, 6 months ago at Oct 23 1:04

JxSxPx

The final big screen pairing of Bob Hope and Lucille Ball, two indomitable performers and towering icons, and it is not worthy of rafter-shaking comedic talents. It plays not dissimilarly to an episode of I Love Lucy where she writes a questionably autobiographical novel and Ricky disapproves, only completely lacking in laughs and charms. The premise is ripe for an Adam’s Rib style battle o... read more

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Description: 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 Lucille Ball as stars, the film couldn't help but clean up at the box office. Hope portrays theatrical critic Parker Ballantine, while Lucille ... (more)

Release date: 13 April 1963

Tags: 1963 (2), Comedy (1), Plays (1), Broadway (1), Screenplay (1), Critic (1), Warner Bros. (1), Cmoedy (1), Marriage Trouble (1)

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Critic’s Choice

“The final big screen pairing of Bob Hope and Lucille Ball, two indomitable performers and towering icons, and it is not worthy of rafter-shaking comedic talents. It plays not dissimilarly to an episode of I Love Lucy where she writes a questionably autobiographical novel and Ricky disapproves, only completely lacking in laughs and charms. The premise is ripe for an Adam’s Rib style battle of the sexes, but no one’s interested in dynamic sparks or likable characters. Bob Hope is a self-important theater critic who’s quick to tarnish a production and takes glee with getting them closed, only to find his wife has taken up writing a play. He thinks she might be a hack, she might be having an affair with her younger director (Rip Torn, looking hunky and too dangerous for this toothle” read more