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Critic's Choice is a 1963 American comedy film directed by Don Weis. Based on the 1960 Broadway play of the same name by Ira Levin, the movie stars Bob Hope and Lucille Ball and includes Rip Torn, Marilyn Maxwell, Jim Backus, Marie Windsor and Jerome Cowan in the cast.
Critic's Choice: Directed by Don Weis. With Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Marilyn Maxwell, Rip Torn. Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good.
At the suburban baseball park, Bob Hope as Broadway critic and dad Parker, Donald Losby as the new know-it-all kid Godfrey, wondering where his wife (co-star Lucille Ball) can be, then meeting his father, new neighbor psychiatrist von Hagedorn (Jim Backus), early in Critic’s Choice, 1963.
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Bizarre “comedy” about a theater critic who mentally terrorizes his wife for wanting to have a job. Spoiler alert, in the end the critic trashes his wife’s play and has angry sex with her, thus correcting her.
Critic's Choice is a 1963 American comedy film directed by Don Weis. Based on the 1960 Broadway play of the same name by Ira Levin, the movie stars Bob Hope and Lucille Ball and includes Rip Torn, Marilyn Maxwell, Jim Backus, Marie Windsor and Jerome Cowan in the cast.
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Jun 19, 2007 · With a light touch of New York sophistication, Critic's Choice is a smartly grown-up vehicle for Bob Hope and Lucille Ball, making their fourth appearance as an on-screen duo.
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Bob Hope and Lucille Ball play husband and wife in a humorous tale about a scathing theater critic who must review a new play... written by his wife. 268 IMDb 5.7 1 h 39 min 1963. 13+.
Parker Ballantine is the most respected and forthright of the New York theater critics. Most of his closest friends are part of the Broadway community, such as his ex-wife actress Ivy London and producer S.P. Champlain. These friendships are not affected by bad reviews from Parker.
Overview. Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of reviewing the play or cause the breakup of his marriage. Don Weis. Director. Jack Sher. Screenplay.
