Lee Margulies of the
Los Angeles Times called
Number Our Days "beautiful" and "a very human film, full of expressive faces and heartfelt emotion. It is full of compassion but never pity."
John J. O'Connor of
The New York Times wrote that
Number Our Days was "a moving portrait of loneliness, pride, humor, bitterness and dignity".
Number Our Days won an
Oscar at the
49th Academy Awards, held in 1977, for
Documentary Short Subject.
Number Our Days was cited when
28 Tonight won an
Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award in 1978. ==Cast==