Editing Never on Sunday (section)

== Reception ==
When the film was first released in Italy in 1960, the [[Motion picture rating system#Italy|Committee for the Theatrical Review]] of the [[Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism (Italy)|Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities]] rated it as [[Motion picture rating system#Italy|VM16]], not suitable for children under 16. The committee also demanded dialogue modifications and the excision of explicit scenes.<ref>[http://www.italiataglia.it/ Italia Taglia] Database of the documents produced by the Committee for the Theatrical Review of The Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, from 1944 to 2000.</ref>

[[Bosley Crowther]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' praised the movie as a "droll and robust spoof" and commended Mercouri's and Dassin's "superb" performances:<blockquote>It is the bouncing and beaming expansiveness with which Miss Mercouri endows this woman and the patience with which Mr. Dassin tries to urge her to simmer down, to assume a little moral decorum and abandon some of her non-intellectual and professional whims, that make for tremendous good humor.... **** While one might take some minor exception to the occasional illogic of the script, it's no use, since illogic is the human disposition most frankly acknowledged and happily applauded in this film.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1960/10/19/archives/the-screen-an-american-in-piraeusgreek-film-never-on-sunday-in.html|title=An American in Piraeus: Greek Film, 'Never on Sunday,' in Debut|first=Bosley|last=Crowther|date=19 October 1960|access-date=28 December 2024|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref></blockquote>