Variety

Many of the actors give performances in line with their low profile here.

The Guardian

Grant plays it with manic glee and full-throated gusto.

The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck

This farcical romantic comedy lacks the charm and star power to compensate for its contrived plotting and only mildly amusing situations.

Time Out London

The standard of acting is poor beyond belief. What happened to Grant’s career that he should be in the likes of this?

Total Film by Emma Dibdin

It’s to director Chris Menaul’s credit that his lack of big-screen experience isn’t evident, but the same can’t be said for his cast who are, by and large, too stiff to charm.

The New York Times by Stephen Holden

If 1st Night had a glint of social satire, it might have amounted to something more than a frivolous fatuity. But it plays as an arch, hammily acted farce.

Village Voice by Pete Vonder Haar

The depressingly predictable script—and tendency of everyone involved to jump to ridiculous conclusions—suggests a combination of Noises Off at best, and at worst, Three's Company.

Slant Magazine by Drew Hunt

The political dynamic that underpins The Rules of the Game is nonexistent in 1st Night, which is fixated entirely on the zany sexcapades of its characters.