[7][3] Young peer and junior member of the Foreign Office, Mark St. Neots, is obsessed with the memory of Sylvia, a 16-year-old redhead he met at a party as a boy, and vowed he would love forever.

Gladys Cooper deals with her part with commendable tact: that a woman should be aware of her husband's constant infidelities for some forty years and not utter a word is surely carrying the idea of upper-class dignity a litle far.

"[9] Kine Weekly wrote: "Moira Shearer not only dances delightfully and breaks into a Charleston, but also proves herself to be a brilliant character actress by living Ihe parts of Sylvia, Daphne, Olga and Colette.

"[11] The New York Times wrote "With the aid of an expert cast and a director endowed with a deft, comic touch and a high regard for the subtleties of the English language, Mr. Rattigan and the producers have created a charming lark, light as a zephyr and just as welcome these days," before singling out Moira Shearer, who "In essaying the roles of the 'redheads,' has developed acting talents that are both surprising and refreshing".

[12] Sky Cinema found it "Sometimes witty but often dated," concluding that "The film's attitudes to class do it little credit, but there is compensation in a string of cameo roles played with real dry wit: Harry Andrews' butler, Joan Benham's model, Patricia Cutts' good time girl, Moyra Fraser's sardonic Ethel and, perhaps best of all, Gladys Cooper as a wife of long experience who has all the answers.