Monthly Film Bulletin said "It would be nice to be able to applaud this independent British comedy – especially as it tries to revive something of the old Goon Show flavour – but unhappily it fails through over-emphasis and a general paucity of invention. Apart from a would-be comic music score, it is played silent except for the word "rhubarb" which is muttered or shouted by all the characters when some sort of communication is necessary. Although quite amusing at first (as Harry Seacombe's vicar conducts his service), the device wears extremely thin when constantly repeated. Eric Sykes also allows himself and the rest of the cast a degree of exaggeration in their playing which might have worked if the film had a real comic style. As it is, the basic idea of the golf match with craftily cheating players has been used to better effect in earlier comedies, and in any case W. C. Fields has probably had the last word."
Leslie Halliwell said: "Virtually silent comedy (nobody says anything but "rhubarb") which could have been very funny with better jokes. A TV remake in 1979 was however much worse."
Allmovie wrote, "
sight gags and
pantomime dominate this engaging 37 minute feature." ==See also==