Ultimately it is in the design and engineering of cumulative sight gag situations that Thrill of It All excels.
75
TV Guide Magazine
TV Guide Magazine
Another in a surprisingly good series of romantic comedies starring Doris Day from producers Ross Hunter and Martin Melcher.
70
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
I don't want to give you the impression that The Thrill of It All is a great film. I just want to tell you it is loaded with good, clean American laughs.
70
Time Out
Time Out
Frothy romantic comedy with Garner taking over from Rock Hudson as Day's foil. The script, by Carl Reiner, takes a mildly satiric look at the world of TV advertising.
40
Los Angeles TimesMichael Wilmington
Los Angeles TimesMichael Wilmington
Norman Jewison directed, but overall it's surprisingly labored, with that cheesy, set-bound look of a lot of many early '60s Universal pictures. [25 Mar 1988, p.22]
