 Michael Cragg of The Guardian gave a positive review for the video and wrote : " Superstars are at their best when they 're simultaneously aware and unaware of their own ridiculousness and that 's what Marry the Night delivers for Lady Gaga . " Daily News ' Kathryn <unk> compared Gaga with Madonna in several scenes in the video . <unk> further praised the dancing during the video , describing it as " her best " . However , she criticized the scenes of nudity noting : " The rest of the video is pretty tame by Gaga standards . " Spin 's Marc Hogan wrote that " it 's hard to tell where Gaga is winking at us and where she 's simply fallen into a foxhole of unrestrained ego . " Camille Mann of CBS News described the video as a " avant @-@ garde short film " and noted that Gaga was " pushing [ her ] boundaries . " Leah Collins of Dose compared Gaga 's outfits with Christian Louboutin 's designs . She further compared the set in the video to the cover artwork of Born This Way and called it a " very fashionable recreation of Girl , Interrupted . " A writer of CNN commented , " Lady Gaga is known for creating evocative mini @-@ movies to provide the visuals for her singles , and ' Marry the Night ' is no different . " Describing the video as " rough " and " enigmatic " , Liz Raftery of People further <unk> that it " will certainly leave fans talking , if not scratching their heads . " An editor of ABC News praised Gaga 's " interesting perspective in the video . " NME 's Priya Elan wrote that Gaga sounds like " a lobotomized Carrie Bradshaw " during the introduction . He also commented , " It 's definitely an improvement on ' Judas ' , but could it maybe have been snipped a bit to make it shorter ? " 
