What's Up, Tiger Lily? reviews were mixed upon the film's release. Expressing disappointment in the movie, "The New York Times" stated that "the peppery English sound track wears thin as the action churns around in absolute chaos." "Variety" wrote, "The production has one premise — deliberately mismatched dialog — which is sustained reasonably well through its brief running time." Aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports 83% approval of the film, with an average rating of 6.9/10. What's Up, Tiger Lily? What's Up, Tiger Lily? is a 1966 American comedy film directed by Woody Allen in his feature-length directorial debut. Allen took a Japanese spy film, "",
Gas-s-s-s and he only made one more movie before a twenty-year sabbatical. " A great deal of care went into what I was saying and how I was going to say it," he said of "Gas-s-s-s". "The finished picture does not evidently make all these points. It discourages me and so for a little while I prefer to step away ... Directing is very hard and very painful. Producing is easy. I can do it without really thinking about it." Corman did, however, go on to produce "Boxcar Bertha" for AIP. "Gas-s-s-s" found a fresh audience on late night television in