It is fairly light-weight but it is more fun than many of the year’s prouder efforts in comedy; and it is the work of a director who makes hard things seem like doing it the easy way, rather than vice versa.

Produced for a paltry $325,000, it once again gives the lie to the arbitrary Hollywood assumption that a film's quality is in direct proportion to its cost.

A mildly diverting programmer, Christmas in July lacks both the overall spontaneity and entertainment impress of Sturges' first picture.

...a briskly-paced endeavor that boasts, at its core, a tremendously appealing lead performance by Powell...