Editing A Touch of Class (film) (section)

===Critical response===
[[Roger Ebert]] gave the film three stars out of four, calling it "a sharp-edged, often very funny dissection of a love affair between two possibly incompatible people. But then it gets serious with itself and ends on a note that doesn't satisfy us."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-touch-of-class-1973 |title=A Touch of Class |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=July 9, 1973 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]] |access-date=November 26, 2018}}</ref> [[Gene Siskel]] had a similar opinion, awarding two-and-a-half stars out of four and writing that in the film's best moments it "reminds one of those wonderful screen battles between [[Spencer Tracy]] and [[Katharine Hepburn]]," but then it "tries to get serious" which "leads to an unsatisfying conclusion totally removed from the dominant tone of the movie, which is raucous at best, contrived silliness at worst."<ref>[[Gene Siskel|Siskel, Gene]] (12 July 1973). "A Touch of Class". ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''. Section 2, p. 5.</ref> [[Vincent Canby]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called it "a very patchy movie—enormously funny in bits and pieces and sometimes downright dumb."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Canby |first=Vincent |author-link=Vincent Canby |date=June 21, 1973 |title=Segal and Glenda Jackson Star in 'A Touch of Class' |journal=[[The New York Times]] |page=52}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote: "George Segal herein justifies superbly a reputation for comedy ability while Glenda Jackson's full-spectrum talent is again confirmed."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/1972/film/reviews/a-touch-of-class-2-1200423087/ |title=A Touch of Class |date=January 1973 |website=Variety}}</ref> [[Penelope Gilliatt]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' wrote that the film had "moments of reckless funniness" but observed that the "muddle of period convention is odd," as it blended the "Hepburn-Tracy tradition" and an "old-style slapstick" scene with "modern and naturalistic eroticism."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Gilliatt |first=Penelope |author-link=Penelope Gilliatt |date=July 9, 1973 |title=The Current Cinema |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |page=59}}</ref> Sylvia Millar of ''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' called the film "a waste of two considerable talents," stating that "Frank has written a script which is not devoid of wit; but it's never effortless, and a battering of coarse sexual polemic is always thrusting in to spoil the fun."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Millar |first=Sylvia |date=July 1973 |title=A Touch of Class |journal=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=40 |issue=474 |page=156}}</ref>

The film has a score of 86% on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 14 reviews, with an average grade of 6.8 out of 10.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/touch_of_class/ |title=A Touch Of Class |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=5 March 2024 }}</ref>