Arabesque
Reception

Arabesque (1966)

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6.4
5 platform(s) · 7 ratings 9,732 votes
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Audience 4.8/10 5 votes Synced 2026-07-23
Critics 6.9/10 Synced 2026-07-23
Audience 5.3/10 Synced 2026-07-23
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6.3/10 191 votes Synced 2026-09-10

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Staff (Not Credited) · TV Guide Magazine 60.00/100.00

It's all mindless, absurdly complex and hopelessly hip in that 1960s sort of way, but an agreeable way to pass the time with gorgeous Sophia.

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Dave Kehr · Chicago Reader 75.00/100.00

Stanley Donen's follow-up to Charade is not quite the tour de force the earlier film was, but even with Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren standing in for Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, it's a slick and satisfying entertainment.

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Staff (Not Credited) · Variety 50.00/100.00

Arabesque packs the names of Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren and a foreign intrigue theme, but doesn't always progress on a true entertainment course. Fault lies in a shadowy plotline and confusing characters, particularly in the miscasting of Peck in a cute role.

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Grace Glueck · The New York Times 80.00/100.00

Producer-director, Stanley Donen, apparently goes on the theory that in a chase movie the plot should only be used as a framework, for visual entertainments. Arabesque provides those, all right—Op photography, lush décor, gimmicky locations and hairraising pursuits. And, of course, Sophia Loren, a stunning bit of animated scenery who is not called upon to act but to Dior.

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Staff (Not Credited) · Time Out 50.00/100.00

Much flashier than Donen's earlier Charade (also scripted by Peter Stone, alias Pierre Marton) and very sub-Hitchcock.

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