▁ ▁J ill ▁Whit low ▁as ▁Susan , ▁the ▁perf ume ▁sales g irl ▁ ▁W ally ▁Ward ▁as ▁Art ▁ ▁R ene e ▁Pro ps ▁as ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁The ▁We en ies ▁ ▁Re ception ▁Roger ▁E bert ▁called ▁Le B rock ▁" w onder ful " ▁in ▁her ▁role ▁and ▁thought ▁that ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁" f unn ier , ▁and ▁a ▁little ▁deeper , ▁than ▁the ▁predict able ▁story ▁it ▁might ▁have ▁been ." ▁Jan et ▁Mas lin ▁of ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁wrote ▁that ▁" Mr . ▁Hugh es ▁shows ▁that ▁he ▁can ▁share ▁the ▁kind ▁of ▁d umb ▁jo ke ▁that ▁only ▁a ▁ 1 4 - year ▁old ▁boy ▁could ▁love . ▁There ▁are ▁enough ▁mov iego ing ▁ 1 4 - year ▁old ▁boys ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁hit ▁out ▁of ▁' We ird ▁Science ,' ▁of ▁course , ▁but ▁for ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁population , ▁its ▁p and ering ▁is ▁str enu ous ▁enough ▁to ▁be ▁cause ▁for ▁alarm ." ▁Vari ety ▁wrote , ▁"' We ird ▁Science ' ▁is ▁not ▁nearly ▁as ▁weird ▁as ▁it ▁should ▁have ▁been ▁and , ▁in ▁fact , ▁is ▁a ▁rather ▁conventional ▁k ids - in - he at ▁film , ▁and ▁a ▁ch aste ▁one ▁at ▁that . ▁Director - writer ▁John ▁Hugh es ▁squ and ers ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁comment ▁on ▁the ▁power ▁struggle ▁between ▁the ▁sex es ▁for ▁a ▁few ▁easy ▁laugh s ." ▁Gene ▁S isk el ▁of ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Trib