I'm not embarrassed by it — I just think that it wasn't funny enough." On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film received an approval rating of 44%, based on 25 reviews, with an average rating of 5.1/10. The critical consensus reads, "Steven Spielberg's attempt at screwball comedy collapses under a glut of ideas, confusing an unwieldy scope for a commensurate amount of guffaws." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 34 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Accolades The film received three nominations at the 1980 Academy Awards. References Notes Citations Bibliography Further reading External links 1979 films 1970s action comedy films 1970s Christmas films 1970s screwball comedy films American action comedy films American Christmas films American screwball comedy films Columbia Pictures films 1970s English-language films Films scored by John Williams Films directed by Steven Spielberg Puppet films Films set in 1941 Films set in Los Angeles Films set on the home front during World War II Films shot in Oregon Military humor in film Pacific War films Pearl Harbor films Films with screenplays by Robert Zemeckis Films with screenplays by Bob Gale American slapstick comedy films Universal Pictures films Films adapted into comics 1979 comedy films Japan in non-Japanese culture Films produced by Buzz Feitshans 1970s American films