A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

"There doesn't seem to be a driving idea behind it, a confident tone to give us the sure notion that Allen knows what he wants to do here (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)" 

"A pleasant disappointment, pleasant because he gets all the laughs he goes for in a visually charming, sweetly paced picture, a disappointment because he doesn't go for more." 

Whatever Mr. Allen is doing in constructing this pretty, slight, gently entertaining movie, he isn't doing the thing he does best (...) picturesque but uncertain" 

"Never has Allen more obviously fallen down on the job (...) [He] is prevented by the period setting from exercising his wit on contemporary sexual mores, which have always provided one of his richest comic sources (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)" 

"It's funny and sweet in spots, though the light moments get lost in the haze of imitation and ambitiousness." 

"Not Woody Allen at his best, this period piece has some clever writing but is not completely convincing (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" 

"Gordon Willis's photography is exquisite, however, and one suspects Bergman would not be displeased (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
 

"His best invention remains his own screen persona, and the Bergman borrowings here provide it with a warm, romantic and old-fashioned setting."