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In ''The New York Times'', [[Bosley Crowther]] positively reviewed it as "delightfully mobile" and a "frenziedly running, jumping picture".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9505EEDA1F30E033A25753C3A9609C946491D6CF |title=Screen: 'The Knack' Opens at Plaza:Director Gives Pace to Off-Beat Story |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |date=30 June 1965 |access-date=7 June 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> ''Variety'' praised the performances, citing [[Rita Tushingham]] as perfect in her role.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1964/film/reviews/the-knack-and-how-to-get-it-1200420747/ |title=Review: 'The Knack … And How to Get It' |last=Staff |date=31 December 1964 |access-date=7 June 2017 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
The film has fared less well on reappraisal. In 2001, the ''Wallflower Critical Guide'' noted the creativity in cinematography and editing, but said it disrupted the storytelling.<ref>{{cite book |editor1=Yoram Allon |editor2=Del Cullen |editor3=Hannah Patterson |title=Contemporary British and Irish Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide |publisher=Wallflower Press |date=2001 |isbn=1903364213 |page=199}}</ref> In 2016, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' ranked it the 49th best film to win the Palme d'Or (out of the 69 films to win up to that point), stating it "hasn't aged well" but the setting was a great asset.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/cannes-palme-dor-winners-ranked-891143/item/best-intentions-palme-dor-winners-891108 |title=Cannes: All the Palme d'Or Winners, Ranked |last=Staff |date=10 May 2016 |access-date=7 June 2017 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> In 2020, as part of a profile of Tushingham, Stuart Jeffries in ''[[The Guardian]]'' called the film "painful to watch", citing "the levity with which the film treats rape, not to mention
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