68
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4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The New York TimesLawrence Van GelderThe New York TimesLawrence Van GelderCandleshoe, with its beguiling English countryside settings, languid pace, defanged Dickensian villains, compassionate butler, down-at-the-heels nobility, hidden treasure and orphaned children engaged in a plot to outwit swindlers, keep up appearances and save the old manor from foreclosure, is the fiction of a bygone era.
- 75Washington PostGary ArnoldWashington PostGary ArnoldCandleshoe isn't immobilized by wholesomeness, as Disney movies go, it's unsually spirited as well as pleasant. [11 Feb 1978, p.E1]
- 50TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineFairly lackluster Disney effort is saved by Niven's great performance.
- 50Time OutTime OutComedy-adventure with a hit-and-miss list of Disney ingredients: street-smart (formerly 'spunky') Jodie Foster, Uncle David Niven wearing eccentric disguises, sweet Ms Hayes, winsome orphans, a slapstick climax.