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Critic's Choice
“Everybody's 'choice' for a great big wonderful time!”
57%
Movie
1h 40m
AI Analysis
Critic's Choice (1963) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Critic's Choice (1963) — a movie tagged as Comedy and Romance with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of reviewing the play or cause the breakup of his marriage. Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~100 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Critic's Choice 57% (15 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
57%
from 15 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of reviewing the play or cause the breakup of his marriage.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1963-02-24
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- TMDB rating
- 5.7
- TMDB ID
- 59838
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What is Critic's Choice about?
Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of reviewing the play or cause the breakup of his marriage.
Is there an AI analysis for Critic's Choice?
Yes. WatchMind publishes an AI analysis on this page — tone, pacing, audience fit, and community scores from TMDb metadata and recommendation models (not a chatbot). Scroll to the AI Analysis section or read the meta description summary.
How long is the movie Critic's Choice?
The official runtime for Critic's Choice is approximately 100 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

Bob Hope
Parker Ballantine

Lucille Ball
Angela Ballantine

Marilyn Maxwell
Ivy London

Rip Torn
Dion Kapakos

Jessie Royce Landis
Charlotte Orr aka Charlie

John Dehner
S.P. Champlain

Jim Backus
Dr. William Von Hagedorn

Ricky Kelman
John Ballantine

Dorothy Green
Mrs. Margaret Champlain

Marie Windsor
Sally Orr

Joseph Gallison
Philip "Phil" Yardley

Joan Shawlee
Marge Orr

Richard Deacon
Harvey Rittenhouse

Jerome Cowan
Joe Rosenfield
- D
Donald Losby
Geoffrey Von Hagedorn

Lurene Tuttle
Mother in "Sisters Three"

Ernestine Wade
Thelma

Stanley Adams
Bartender
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