Outside of the fact that this drama gets a little tiring in spots—in its two hours and forty minutes, most of which is spent in court—it is well nigh flawless as a picture of an American court at work, of small-town American characters and of the average sordidness of crime. — Bosley Crowther

Coolly absorbing, nonchalantly cynical. — Jessica Winter

Anatomy of a Murder is guilty of greatness. — Brian McRee