Talk:The Slipper and the Rose

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[edit] Critical response

Writing in The New York Times, critic Vincent Canby called the film "harmless", adding that the writers "stretched the fable without mercy, largely to accommodate a whole bunch of forgettable songs by the Shermans", and that, as the Prince and Cinderella, "Mr. Chamberlain and Miss Craven have impossible roles that are less like characters in a fairy tale than pictures on a jar of peanut butter." Vincent Canby - "Screen: Glass Slipper Into Sow's Ear", The New York Times, November 5, 1976. Retrieved December 1, 2006

The above POV comment has been moved to the talk page because the linked page is not available to unregistered readers of the newspaper. Figaro 19:37, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

I've restored the passage to the article (adding the notation that it does require registration). Drawing on response from critics is appropriate and does not violate NPOV. Excluding a citation because it comes from a limited-access site is like saying that citations from books are not allowable because not every editor or reader has access to every book. Based on the half-dozen or so reviews I have seen, Canby's critique is representative, and he was at the time of the film's release a major presence in film criticism. Robertissimo 02:37, 2 December 2006 (UTC)