Moore is right at home on the podium or behind the piano, and his comic invention results in a delightful performance.
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NewsweekDavid Ansen
NewsweekDavid Ansen
Dudley Moore is the comic bubble beneath her solemn sultriness, and Unfaithfully Yours, though a slow starter, eventually works up a full head of comic steam. [05 Mar 1984, p.81]
Miss Kinski is a major problem. She's a beauty, all right, but she appears to have no flair whatever for comedy of this sort, or maybe of any sort.
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Time Out
Time Out
Amiable but half-baked remake of what was anyway one of Preston Sturges' least satisfactory comedies.
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Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The remake of Unfaithfully Yours is just a shadow of its source, using the basic plot and characters, but diluting Sturges's ideas. [23 Feb 1984, p.21]
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Miami HeraldBill Cosford
Miami HeraldBill Cosford
Unfaithfully Yours turns mildly manic in its last half-hour or so, but it's not enough to redeem that first hour, when Moore and Kinski go through familiar motions in search of something special. For too much of their movie, what they're looking for isn't there. [13 Feb 1984, p.C6]
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The New YorkerPauline Kael
The New YorkerPauline Kael
This version isn't a total dud, but it's a coarser piece of slapstick, and not at all memorable.
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Washington PostGary Arnold
Washington PostGary Arnold
Zieff & Co. give it a game, good-humored try, but I don't think they're in jeopardy of being celebrated as inspired farceurs. [14 Feb 1984, p.D8]
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TV Guide Magazine
TV Guide Magazine
There are a few sparkles of humor here, but this remake is an inferior product. Whereas Sturges played out his story with wit and flair, Howard Zieff's direction is flat and uninspired.