Meanwhile, Geoff finds Patricia has grown bitter over the years, and that the warmth has gone from their relationship, but when they disturb the two young lovers in the bedroom, the evening ends in a humorous and more light-hearted manner, as they are forced to crawl under the concierge's door to leave unseen.

[6][8] Alexander Walker of the London Evening Standard wrote "Though one is surprised to see it done at all any longer, I have to admit it is done very well in Christopher Miles's romantic comedy...'Time for Loving' is one of the very few English films made in France that is worth the Channel crossing.

"[9] Dilys Powell of the Sunday Times wrote "... and it's amusing to see Michel Legrand, most prolific of film music composers, making a spirited appearance with a trombone: in my eyes Lila Kedrova never over-acts: one admires too, the re-creation of war-time Paris, streets empty of traffic except for bicycle-taxis.

[11] The London Evening News reviewed the film as: "Directed with leisurely sophistication by Christopher Miles – reunited with his Virgin and Gypsy stars Joanna Shimkus and Mark Burns ... it's a rose among the West End weeds.

"[12] Derek Malcolm of The Guardian wrote: "There is delicious Joanna Shimkus as a medical student in love with Mel Ferrer's middle-aged doctor, Susan Hampshire's icy rich lady failing to rekindle her affair with Mark Burns, and the estimable Philippe Noiret as a harassed business man trying to satisfy his wife, mistress and self-pitying mother".