▁singer . ▁But ▁due ▁to ▁an ▁imp asse ▁between ▁Universal ▁Pictures ▁and ▁Spring ste en ' s ▁label , ▁Columbia ▁Records , ▁the ▁songs ▁were ▁pulled ▁from ▁the ▁film ▁and ▁replaced ▁with ▁songs ▁by ▁Bob ▁Seg er ▁for ▁the ▁original ▁the atr ical ▁release . ▁Bog dan ov ich ▁su ed ▁Universal ▁for ▁$ 1 9 ▁million , ▁alleg ing ▁the ▁film ▁studio ▁switched ▁the ▁music ▁without ▁his ▁appro val ▁in ▁viol ation ▁of ▁his ▁final ▁cut ▁privile ge . ▁The ▁Spring ste en ▁songs ▁were ▁eventually ▁restored ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁director ' s ▁cut ▁DVD ▁of ▁the ▁film . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁Re views ▁were ▁mostly ▁positive . ▁, ▁the ▁film ▁has ▁a ▁ 9 3 % ▁appro val ▁rating ▁on ▁review ▁aggreg ator ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes , ▁based ▁on ▁ 2 8 ▁reviews , ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁rating ▁of ▁ 7 . 5 / 1 0 . ▁ ▁Roger ▁E bert ▁wrote ▁of ▁the ▁film , ▁" A ▁wonderful ▁movie , ▁a ▁story ▁of ▁high ▁spirits ▁and ▁hope ▁and ▁courage ," ▁with ▁St olt z ' s ▁performance ▁establish ing ▁a ▁bel iev able ▁character ▁that ▁trans c ends ▁his ▁de form ity ▁and ▁Cher ' s ▁character ization ▁of ▁R ust y ▁as ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁interesting ▁movie ▁characters ▁in ▁a ▁long ▁time ." ▁Gene ▁S isk el ▁described ▁M ask ▁as ▁" super b " ▁and ▁also ▁sing led ▁out ▁Cher ' s ▁port ray al ▁of ▁R ust y