Reception
- The New York Times review for March 17, 1967 stated that "if an old fan of Mr. Chaplin's movies could have his charitable way, he would draw the curtain fast on this embarrassment and pretend it never occurred".
- Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 1995, gave it one-and-a-half stars, stating that it was "badly shot, badly timed, badly scored".
- TV Guide gave the movie one star, with the comment: "a dismal, uninviting comedy".
- RadioTimes gave the film two stars, stating that "it's all too staid and too stagey".
- The Harvard Crimson for April 25, 1967 gave it a fairly good review saying: "Take the new Chaplin film on its own terms; contrary to all those patronizing critics, the old man hasn't really lost his touch, and Countess is a glorious romance".
- FilmCritic.com gave it three stars, stating however that "the repetitive story (with Loren repeatedly running to hide in Brando's bathroom when there's a knock on the door) gets tiresome".
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