Editing Divorce Italian Style (section)

===Critical reception===

Review aggregator website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported an approval rating of 100% based on 17 reviews.<ref>{{rotten-tomatoes|divorce_italian_style|Divorce Italian Style}}</ref> Upon release in the United States, [[Bosley Crowther]] of [[The New York Times]] called it "one of the funniest pictures the Italians have sent along" and praised Germi as "a genius with the sly twist."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |date=September 18, 1962 |title=The Screen: 'Divorce--Italian Style'; 'Dandy Satiric Farce' at Paris Theater Marcello Mastroianni and Miss Rocca Star |language=en |pages=34 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/09/18/archives/the-screen-divorceitalian-styledandy-satiric-farce-at-paris-theater.html |access-date=2023-07-03 }}</ref> James Powers of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' praised the "mocking, sardonic farce" as "bold, irreverent, and human to the bone," and he predicted it would be successful in America due its dual nature as both an arthouse film and a film that achieves general appeal.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Powers |first=James |date=October 2, 1962 |title=Italo Production Has General Appeal |pages=3 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2339684721 |id={{ProQuest|2339684721}} |url-access=limited }}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' gave the film a positive review, calling the satire "a penetrating, almost brutal glimpse of Sicily and its antiquated way of life."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hawk |date=September 26, 1962 |title=Divorce--Italian Style |work=Variety }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Variety Staff |title=Divorzio All'Italiana |url=https://variety.com/1960/film/reviews/divorzio-all-italiana-1200419977/ |website=Variety |date=1 January 1961 }}</ref>