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Reception
The Movie Sentimental tommy received mixed reviews when the film was released on May 29, 1921. The Courier Journal article expressed their admiration for the films acting to be precise. Calling out the director Barrie for directing this "very fine film" and how the film expresses so much emotion with no words. The article also states that Hughes the very famous Welsh actor is a big hit with the fans. The Courier Journal expressed a good review on the film and its actors. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer the film Sentimental Tommy, "there is the tender, elusive quality, the charm and the pathos, the humor, the quality which could bring one to tears while smiling.” Relating to the youth of the 1920’s the author insinuates how you see Tommy grow from a child to a man which is "simply spectacular". The magazine Variety stated that the film must have been "a great pleasure” to record a movie that is so fine and expresses admiration for how a book has been translated so finely to the screen. The author of the article talks about the character Tommy in his entirety of how he is a "profound character in this film particular." Going into depth about how the movie was incredibly directed and spews about the actor who played Tommy, Gareth Hughes. People were infatuated with Hughes and liked his acting style in the movie for it portrayed the Tommy people knew and loved in the novel. The Christian Monitor, stated the newly released film Sentimental Tommy "respects its original novel that was printed years prior to the movie." The author of the article states how Tommy’s story is told with “numerous titles but, happily, they are written by someone with an active intelligence." The Christian Monitor compares other movies to Sentimental Tommy. These films include; The Four Horsemen, The Ole Swimming Hole, and Thrums Of Long Island. Sherwood, from Life Magazine gives a review of Sentimental Tommy with the pros and cons he lists. mentioning the director of the film whom is, John S. Robertson and states that throughout the film Robertson displays a "commendable degree of good taste throughout ." This “perfect interpretation ” of the novel leads him on to say how he was surprised how good the film turned out considering how unusual the settings in the novel were. The one thing that did bother Sherwood was the film was “far too long.”

Negative reviews included one made by The Minneapolis Morning Tribune. The headline states “Reviewer calls happy ending only real weakness of screen version.” Life Magazine had another author whom stated their dissatisfaction with the top ten movies of 1921 and Sentimental Tommy is one of those. They explain how an unwritten law has landed these “trendy movies” into the top.