david parkinson wrote in the "radio times", "there's a sauciness to the dialogue and lyrics that makes it rather risqué for its time"; and "tv guide" called the film "a silly notion gone crazy...not only that, but we get music, too, which is about as frothy as the premise"; while "mexcine" noted it as "fun, well-produced, with (a) cast of polished performers and witty dialogue," and praised a "superb example" of "british cinema of the war era, (which) can serve as societal document of that period, while at the same time retaining (a) very high entertainment quotient."