"In the leading part, Barrymore has the task of impersonating an elder woman to evade police's suspicion and avails himself of his prowess to carry off the trick, only his slightly rusty high-pitch voice sounds a shade grating for its unnatural exertion. Maureen O'Sullivan is ably eloquent as Paul's embittered and misunderstood daughter, but our amazement cannot be diverted from Rafaela Ottiano's Malita, a mad scientist type gussied up like the daughter borne out of the bride of Frankenstein and count Dracula, maxing out her deranged expressions like nobody's business. Only if her final attempt to shrink Paul were viable, the film would've been more divertingly twist and unconventionally brilliant, unlike the mushy ending we are stuck with, a father's unconditional but paternalistic love for his daughter is a self-important sacrifice of the highest water."
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