William Ruhlmann of
AllMusic wrote "he devoted himself exclusively to movie themes, everything from 'The Trolley Song (Meet Me in St. Louis)' to 'Days of Wine and Roses'. Some of the tunes were not first-rate, but in 'The Shadow of Your Smile' and 'The Second Time Around', Bennett found material worthy of him.
Billboard described the album as "a guaranteed chartbusting LP", saying "Outstanding movie songs are given exceptional Bennett vocals"
Cashbox believed "It is typical of Bennett to draw from the Hollywood scene a complete round-up of sensitive and winning songs."
Variety notes "Tony Bennett's vocalistic dramatics get a firstrate workout on this repertoire of songs drawn from films of various vintage."
Record World reported that album showed Bennett "underscores his debut as a movie actor by doing a package of tunes from movies."
American Record Guide claims "The album is sensitively and forcefully sung and comes off very well."
Record Mirror said "it's tremendously warm, swinging, sentimental, sensitive", giving it a four-star rating.
Disc and Music Echo said the album "turns his relaxed-but overrated-vocal talents." It received three-star rating from
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, while it received four-half star rating from
AllMusic. == Track listing ==