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- 75Chicago ReaderDave KehrChicago ReaderDave KehrIt's highly inventive, self-conscious camp, made in 1965, well before the genre wore itself out in superciliousness.
- 75TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineWhile many of the jokes don't pay off, it's still funny enough to merit your attention. Mancini's score adds pace and flow. This spectacle is almost totally uncontrolled, and therein lies much of its charm.
- 70The New York TimesJ. HobermanThe New York TimesJ. HobermanNatalie Wood is on hand as a cheroot-smoking suffragist (with a phenomenal wardrobe), but the movie is largely powered by Lemmon’s energy, roaring like Jackie Gleason as the bombastic Professor Fate and later appearing as his double, the klutzy crown prince of a Ruritanian kingdom.
- 70Orlando SentinelOrlando SentinelAn uproarious piece of fluff about a turn-of-the-century New York-to-Paris automobile race complete with a noble hero, a snarling villain and a spirited suffragette. The Great Race, while not in a league with Some Like It Hot, is deftly directed by Blake Edwards. [02 Apr 1995, p.75]