The romantic roundelay, linking fine emotions with fine lingerie, is shadowed by the brutality of Soviet tyranny.

| May 9, 2016

This one is neither crude clowning nor crude prejudice, but a literate and knowingly directed satire which lands many a shrewd crack about phony Five Year Plans, collective farms, Communist jargon and pseudo-scientific gab.

| Jan 15, 2013

Ninotchka is delicate flirtation and political satire made into a perfect whole, and a reminder of skills that studio writers have largely lost.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 27, 2012

Iridescent and teaming with vitality, Garbo glows in her penultimate film.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 10, 2012

Great, but kids may need historical context.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 26, 2010

Selection of Ernst Lubitsch to pilot Garbo in her first light performance in pictures proves a bull's-eye.

| Feb 3, 2009

The satire may be mostly a matter of easy contrasts, but the lovers inhabit a world of elegance and poise that is uniquely and movingly Lubitsch's.

| Feb 3, 2009

It's still consistently amusing, and Garbo throws herself into the fray with engaging vigour.

| Jan 26, 2006

One of the sprightliest comedies of the year.

| May 20, 2003

Enchanting.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 13, 2002