Critical Reception
In his review in The New York Times, Vincent Canby called the film "an often boisterously funny old-time farce" and added, "The movie may not hold together as any kind of larger comic statement, but the laughs are self-sustaining throughout . . . Miss Streisand's comedy range is narrow, like a cartoon character's, but For Pete's Sake operates almost entirely within that range. She's at her best in this kind of farce."
Time Out London says, "Yates sure is an erratic talent . . . Here he's adrift in a sea of poor performances and bad comic timing."
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