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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThe Lolita of the 1940s, and just as sexy. A sparkling farce that marked Wilder's American directorial debut after years of writing witty screenplays for other directors, The Major And The Minor sails along breezily from its very first scenes until its romantic ending.
- 88USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkThis breezy farce has lost just enough of its luster to seem no longer disproportionately funnier than its oft-televised Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis remake You're Never Too Young. [29 May 1998]
- 80The New York TimesBosley CrowtherThe New York TimesBosley CrowtherA bountiful comedy-romance.
- 80Time OutTime OutPretty irresistible, nevertheless, with Rogers doing a beautiful job of dovetailing sexual provocation and demure innocence.
- 80Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles TimesTons of fun. [28 May 1998, p.F39]
- 70Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderThe Wilder ironies and favorite themes—sexual deception, innuendo, the power of words to slice up and serve a character—are all present in abundance.
- 58The PlaylistOliver LytteltonThe PlaylistOliver LytteltonA lot more minor than major.
- 50The New YorkerPauline KaelThe New YorkerPauline KaelThe farce situations are pushed too broadly, and have a sanctimonious patriotic veneer, but this first American film directed by Billy Wilder was a box-office hit.