Editing All About Eve (section)

===Critical response===
''All About Eve'' received widespread critical acclaim upon its release on October 13, 1950, at a New York City premiere. The film's competitor, ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]],'' released the same year, drew similar praise, and the two were often favorably compared. Film critic [[Bosley Crowther]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' loved the picture, stating that "a fine Darryl Zanuck production, excellent music and an air of ultra-class complete this superior satire."<ref name="Bosley">Crowther, Bosley (October 14, 1950). [https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A0CE1DB1738E73ABC4C52DFB667838B649EDE "Movie Review – All About Eve"]. ''The New York Times''.</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called it "a literate, adult film" with "exceedingly well-cast performances,"<ref name=Variety>{{cite journal |last=Green |first=Abel |date=September 13, 1950 |title=All About Eve |journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |page=6}}</ref> while ''[[Harrison's Reports]]'' called it "a fascinating, continually absorbing story about Broadway theatrical people, given a mature treatment and penetrated with realistic dialogue and flashes of slick, sardonic humor."<ref>{{cite journal |date=September 16, 1950 |title='All About Eve' with Bette Davis, Anne Baxter and Celeste Holm |journal=[[Harrison's Reports]] |page=146 }}</ref> [[John McCarten]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' called it "a thoroughly entertaining movie."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=McCarten |first=John |date=October 21, 1950 |title=The Current Screen Holm |magazine=The New Yorker |page=128}}</ref>

Writing in 2000, film critic [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun Times]]'' praised the film, saying of Bette Davis that "veteran actress Margo Channing in ''All About Eve'' was her greatest role."<ref>{{cite news| last=Ebert| first=Roger| url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20000611/REVIEWS08/6110301/1023| title=All About Eve (1950)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709051542/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20000611%2FREVIEWS08%2F6110301%2F1023| archive-date=July 9, 2007| newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times}}</ref> Boxoffice.com stated that it "is a classic of the American cinema&nbsp;– to this day the quintessential depiction of ruthless ambition in the entertainment industry, with legendary performances from Bette Davis, Anne Baxter and George Sanders anchoring one of the very best films from one of Hollywood's very best Golden Era filmmakers: Joseph L. Mankiewicz."<ref>[http://www.boxoffice.com/boxoffice_scr/boxoffice_dvd_result.asp?terms=12 Boxoffice.com]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

As of 2021 [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''All About Eve'' holds an approval rating of 99% based on 107 reviews, with an average rating of 9.30/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Smart, sophisticated, and devastatingly funny, ''All About Eve'' is a Hollywood classic that only improves with age."<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1000626_all_about_eve| title=All About Eve (1950)| website=Rotten Tomatoes| access-date=February 12, 2021}}</ref> In 2019 [[Metacritic]] assigned a weighted average score of 98 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/all-about-eve |title=All About Eve Reviews |website=Metacritic |access-date=April 27, 2019}}</ref>