▁jud ged ▁perfectly ▁ade qu ate , ▁if ▁somewhat ▁studied ▁in ▁tone . ▁M ord a unt ▁Hall , ▁the ▁influ ential ▁critic ▁for ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁comments ▁in ▁his ▁ 1 9 3 0 ▁review ▁about ▁the ▁star ' s ▁overall ▁performance , ▁including ▁the ▁quality ▁of ▁his ▁recorded ▁voice : ▁However , ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁review , ▁Hall ▁singles ▁out ▁the ▁film ' s ▁main ▁fla ws , ▁namely ▁its ▁cre ak y ▁story line ▁and ▁old - f ashion ed ▁approach ▁to ▁the ▁material : ▁ ▁This ▁approach ▁to ▁love ▁scenes , ▁far ▁more ▁in ▁line ▁with ▁the ▁technique ▁of ▁silent ▁cinema ▁than ▁sound , ▁was ▁critic ised ▁in ▁many ▁reviews . ▁One ▁critic ▁even ▁stated , ▁" G il bert ▁will ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁change ▁places ▁with ▁Harry ▁Lang don . ▁His ▁pro w ess ▁at ▁lov em aking , ▁which ▁has ▁held ▁the ▁st en os ▁breath less , ▁takes ▁on ▁a ▁comedy ▁aspect , ▁that ▁gets ▁the ▁g um ▁che wers ▁tit ter ing ▁at ▁first , ▁then ▁la ughing ▁out right ▁at ▁the ▁very ▁false ▁ring ▁of ▁the ▁couple ▁of ▁dozen ▁' I ▁love ▁you ' ▁phr ases ." ▁ ▁The ▁laugh ter ▁was ▁bl amed ▁not ▁on ▁Gilbert ' s ▁voice ▁but ▁on ▁Will ard ▁Mack ' s ▁" over ly ▁flor id ▁dialog ue , ▁which ▁might ▁have ▁been ▁fine ▁as ▁subt it les ▁but ▁sound ed ▁down right ▁embar rass ing ▁to ▁aud ien ces ▁when ▁spoken ▁by ▁a ▁cast ▁suffering