A panic.
Comment
10/17/07
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
94
%
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work 
Reviews Counted:17
Fresh:16
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.6/10
Synopsis: A hilarious satire of 1950's television in which an ad man desperately tries to get a beautiful movie star to endorse his agency's new product. Rock Hunter's job is on the line because his agency... [More]
Starring: Tony Randall, Jayne Mansfield, Betsy Drake, Joan Blondell
Director: Frank Tashlin
Reviews for Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1 - 17 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticFrank Tashlin never could harmonize his celebratory/critical impulses toward American pop culture, so it comes as no surprise that this is both his funniest and most despairing picture.
08/12/06
In converting the stageplay Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? to his purposes, Frank Tashlin turns out a vastly amusing comedy.
07/21/06
Top Critic[Tashlin], as the writer, producer and director of the film, has let it go mushy and sprawling even more than the original play of George Axelrod.
03/25/06
Top CriticCynical look at America during the 1950s.
02/14/06
The not inconsiderable charms of Jayne Mansfield are much to the fore, but it's Randall's performance as timid advertising executive Rockwell Hunter that holds the whole thing together.
01/26/06
Top CriticNo review available.
06/27/05
True Mansfield vehicle, one of the few.
10/25/04
No review available.
08/19/04
No review available.
04/30/04
No review available.
10/10/03
A highly entertaining satirical extravaganza that's executed with style and manic energy.
05/24/03
Top CriticThe film is filled with a hmorously jaundiced view of the advertising and motion picture industries and the American star machinery.
03/10/03
No review available.
07/26/02
Aging but still funny.
01/01/00
Tashlin had a huge stylistic impact on the New Wave. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, his greatest film, is the template for Godard's bold use of primary colors and 'Scope in the 60s.
01/01/00
1 - 17 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
What’s Hot On RT
Other News
Fresh Links
Featured
Why Don't Australians Make Sci-fi? 
The New Matilda's Lynden Barber looks at the recent success of low-budget sci-fi -- and asks the question.
New Moon Portraits
TIME offers us a closer look at the characters from the latest Twilight film.
Follow Rotten Tomatoes on Twitter
Get all the latest movie updates, reviews, interviews and features here.
Competitions
Win Star Wars prizes
Enough Prequel, Original Trilogy and Family Guy DVDs to fill a space cruiser
Win the entire 007 collection
Everything from Dr. No to Quantum of Solace could be yours.
Win Fight Club Special Editions and more
We're giving away the 10th Anniversary Blu-ray, plus Braveheart and the Rocky collection
IGN RSS Feeds