Bosley Crowther, in The New York Times, criticized the film's ``romantic nonsense and sentiment'', the children's ``artificial roles'', and Robert Wise's ``cosy-cum-corny'' direction. Judith Crist, in a biting review in the New York Herald Tribune, dismissed the movie as ``icky sticky'' and designed for ``the five to seven set and their mommies''. In her review for McCall's magazine, Pauline Kael called the film ``the sugar-coated lie people seem to want to eat'', and that audiences have ``turned into emotional and aesthetic imbeciles when we hear ourselves humming the sickly, goody-goody songs''.
Bosley Crowther, in The New York Times, criticized the film's ``romantic nonsense and sentiment'', the children's ``artificial roles'', and Robert Wise's ``cosy-cum-corny'' direction.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Bosley
Bosley
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Crowther
Crowther
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
The
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
New
New
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
York
York
PROPN
NNP
obl
Number=Sing
Times
Times
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
criticize
criticized
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
film
film
NOUN
NN
case
's
's
PART
POS
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
amod
Degree=Pos
romantic
romantic
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
nonsense
nonsense
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
sentiment''
sentiment''
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod:poss
Number=Plur
child
children
NOUN
NNS
case
's
's
PART
POS
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
amod
Degree=Pos
artificial
artificial
ADJ
JJ
conj
Number=Sing
roles''
roles''
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Robert
Robert
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Wise
Wise
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
amod
Degree=Pos
cosy
cosy
ADJ
JJ
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
compound
Number=Sing
cum
cum
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
compound
Number=Sing
corny''
corny''
NOUN
NN
conj
Number=Sing
direction
direction
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Judith Crist, in a biting review in the New York Herald Tribune, dismissed the movie as ``icky sticky'' and designed for ``the five to seven set and their mommies''.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Judith
Judith
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Crist
Crist
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
VerbForm=Ger
bite
biting
VERB
VBG
obl
Number=Sing
review
review
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
New
New
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
York
York
PROPN
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
Herald
Herald
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Tribune
Tribune
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
dismiss
dismissed
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
movie
movie
NOUN
NN
case
as
as
ADP
IN
punct
`
`
PUNCT
``
punct
`
`
PUNCT
``
amod
Degree=Pos
icky
icky
ADJ
JJ
obl
Degree=Pos
sticky
sticky
ADJ
JJ
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
design
designed
VERB
VBN
case
for
for
ADP
IN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nummod
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
five
five
NUM
CD
case
to
to
ADP
IN
nmod
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
seven
seven
NUM
CD
obl
Number=Sing
set
set
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
their
their
PRON
PRP$
conj
Number=Plur
mommy
mommies
NOUN
NNS
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
In her review for McCall's magazine, Pauline Kael called the film ``the sugar-coated lie people seem to want to eat'', and that audiences have ``turned into emotional and aesthetic imbeciles when we hear ourselves humming the sickly, goody-goody songs''.
case
in
In
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
PRP$
obl
Number=Sing
review
review
NOUN
NN
case
for
for
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
McCall
McCall
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
nmod
Number=Sing
magazine
magazine
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Pauline
Pauline
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Kael
Kael
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
call
called
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
film
film
NOUN
NN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
sugar
sugar
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
amod
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
coat
coated
VERB
VBN
xcomp
Number=Sing
lie
lie
NOUN
NN
nsubj
Number=Plur
person
people
NOUN
NNS
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
seem
seem
VERB
VBP
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
want
want
VERB
VB
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
eat''
eat''
VERB
VB
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
Number=Plur
audience
audiences
NOUN
NNS
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
have
have
AUX
VBP
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
conj
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
turn
turned
VERB
VBN
case
into
into
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
emotional
emotional
ADJ
JJ
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Degree=Pos
aesthetic
aesthetic
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Plur
imbecile
imbeciles
NOUN
NNS
advmod
PronType=Int
when
when
ADV
WRB
nsubj
Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs
we
we
PRON
PRP
advcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
hear
hear
VERB
VBP
obj
Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes
ourselves
ourselves
PRON
PRP
xcomp
VerbForm=Ger
hum
humming
VERB
VBG
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
sickly
sickly
ADJ
JJ
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
amod
Degree=Pos
goody
goody
ADJ
JJ
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
compound
Number=Sing
goody
goody
NOUN
NN
obj
Number=Plur
song
songs
NOUN
NNS
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.