Editing Here Comes Mr. Jordan (section)

===Critical response===
Upon ''Here Comes Mr. Jordan''{{'s}} world premiere at [[Radio City Music Hall]], film critic [[Theodore Strauss]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' noted, "Columbia has assembled its brightest people for a delightful and totally disarming joke at heaven's expense." He further described the film as "gay, witty, tender and not a little wise. It is also one of the choicest comic fantasies of the year."<ref>{{cite news |last=Strauss |first=Theodore |author-link=Theodore Strauss |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/08/08/archives/here-comes-mr-jordan-in-which-robert-montgomery-appears-opens-at.html |title=Review: 'Here Comes Mr Jordan (1941); 'Here Comes Mr. Jordan,' in Which Robert Montgomery Appears, Opens at the Music Hall |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 8, 1941 |access-date=January 5, 2016}}</ref>

''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called Montgomery's acting "a highlight in a group of excellent performances" and praised Hall's direction for "expert handling of characters and wringing utmost interest out of every scene."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/variety143-1941-07/page/n249/mode/1up |title=Film reviews – Here Comes Mr. Jordan |page=[https://archive.org/details/variety143-1941-07/page/n17 18] |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=July 30, 1941 |issn=0042-2738}}</ref>

''[[Harrison's Reports]]'' wrote, "Here is a picture that is praiseworthy from many angles; for one thing, the theme is novel and the plot developments ingenious; for another, the production values are good, and the acting and direction are of a high standard."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/harrisonsreports23harr/page/n137/mode/2up |title='Here Comes Mr. Jordan' with Robert Montgomery, Claude Raines and Evelyn Keyes |magazine=[[Harrison's Reports]] |volume=XXIII |issue=32 |date=August 9, 1941 |page=127}}</ref>

The review in ''[[The Film Daily]]'' opined, "Producer Everett Riskin, noted for his successes in the field of comedy, had no cinch with this property which might easily have backfired with an inexperienced hand at the helm. But Riskin's talent and knowledge has placed this finished product very near the peak of perfection in film making."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/filmdaily80wids/page/n211/mode/2up |title=Reviews of the New Films: 'Here Comes Mr. Jordan' |magazine=[[The Film Daily]] |volume=80 |issue=21 |date=July 30, 1941 |page=4}}</ref> ''Here Comes Mr. Jordan'' placed fifth on the year-end poll of 548 critics nationwide at ''The Film Daily'', naming it one of the best films of 1941.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/filmdaily81wids/page/n79/mode/2up |title=GWTW Captures Critics' Poll |magazine=The Film Daily |volume=81 |issue=9 |date=January 14, 1942 |page=1}}</ref>

Russell Maloney of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' called the film "one of the brightest comedies of the year ... Mr. Rains' acting is the kind that makes the word 'ham' a word of endearment, and I mean that for a compliment."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Maloney |first=Russell |title=The Current Cinema |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=August 16, 1941 |page=52 |issn=0028-792X}}</ref>

The film's premise of a protagonist receiving a second chance through the intervention of angels inspired other films throughout the ensuing decade, including ''[[I Married an Angel (film)|I Married an Angel]]'' (1942), ''[[A Guy Named Joe]]'' (1943), and ''[[Angels in the Outfield (1951 film)|Angels in the Outfield]]'' (1951).<ref name="Stafford">{{cite web |last=Stafford |first=Jeff |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/28067/here-comes-mr-jordan#articles-reviews |title=Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) – Articles |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=April 9, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419105310/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/28067/Here-Comes-Mr-Jordan/articles.html |archive-date=April 19, 2015}}</ref>

Film critic [[Leonard Maltin]] noted that ''Here Comes Mr. Jordan'' was an "Excellent fantasy-comedy of prizefighter Montgomery accidentally sent to heaven before his time, forced to occupy a new body on earth. [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] moviemaking at its best, with first-rate cast and performances."<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Maltin |editor-first=Leonard |editor-link=Leonard Maltin |title=Leonard Maltin's 2009 Movie Guide |title-link=Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide |location=New York |publisher=[[Plume (publisher)|Plume]] |year=2008 |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780452289789/page/602/mode/2up 603] |isbn=978-0-452-28978-9}}</ref>

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