Editing Save the Tiger (section)

==Reception==
The movie failed financially at the box office, but critics and viewers who saw it liked the performance of Lemmon as Stoner. Critic [[John Simon (critic)|John Simon]] wrote ''Save the Tiger'' 'is a film with good, serious intentions, and thus a somewhat touching failure'.<ref>{{cite book |title=Reverse Angle: A Decade of American Film|url=https://archive.org/details/reverseangledeca0000simo|url-access=registration|last1=Simon|first1=John |publisher=Crown Publishers Inc. |year=1982 |page=[https://archive.org/details/reverseangledeca0000simo/page/102 102]|isbn=9780517544716 }}</ref>

''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' critic [[Vincent Canby]] called it "not a very good movie but it's a rather brave one, a serious-minded examination of some of the least interesting aspects of the failed American dream".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Canby|first=Vincent|date=1973-02-15|title=Screen: 'Save the Tiger'|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/02/15/archives/screen-save-the-tigerlemmon-battles-middle-age-at-tower-east-the.html|access-date=2020-06-10|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

On [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 86% based on 28 reviews, and an average rating of 7.2/10. The consensus summarizes: "Jack Lemmon's outstanding performance helps ''Save the Tiger'' grab early '70s American anxiety firmly by the tail".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/save_the_tiger |title=Save the Tiger (1973) |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=September 30, 2023}}</ref>