	The "New York Times" reported that Brando “moves through the whole picture with authority and intelligence,” and the "New York Daily News" said it was “one of Brando’s best performances.” But the negative view was reflected by the critic in "Time" who wrote that Brando “attempts an important voice but most of the time he sounds like a small boy in a bathtub imitating Winston Churchill” and called it a “lousy picture.”