Editing Nicholas and Alexandra (section)

===Critical===
Despite the detailed production design, photography, and strong performances from the cast, ''Nicholas and Alexandra'' failed to find the large audience it needed to be a financial success.<ref>Kirgo, Julie "Nicholas and Alexandra" booklet, ''Twilight Time'', 2013</ref> However, it was chosen by the American [[National Board of Review]] as one of the Top 10 Films of 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://oscarsijmen.freehostia.com/NBR70.htm|title = National Board of Review}}</ref>

The [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported that 67% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 6.20/10. On Metacritic, the film has an average score of 57 out of 100 based on 10 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{Citation |title=Nicholas and Alexandra |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/nicholas-and-alexandra |access-date=2022-10-08}}</ref>

''Variety'' called it "a film of exquisite taste."<ref>{{cite book|title=Variety Film Reviews 1971-74|page=166|date=1983|url=https://archive.org/details/varietysfilmrevi0013unse/page/n166/mode/1up?q=%22nicholas+and+alexandra%22+%22sam+spiegel%22+schaffner}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun Times]]'' gave it two-and-a-half stars out of four, writing "If the movie isn't exactly stirring, however, it is undeniably interesting, especially after the intermission."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/nicholas-and-alexandra-1972 |title=Nicholas and Alexandra |website=Rogerebert.com|first=Roger|last=Ebert|date=4 February 1972|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref>

''[[Halliwell's Film and Video Guide]]'' described ''Nicholas and Alexandra'' as an "inflated epic of occasional interest, mainly for its sets" and "generally heavy going", awarding it one star from a possible four.<ref>{{cite book|author=Leslie Halliwell|editor=John Walker|title=Halliwell's Film and Video Guide|year=1997|page=550|publisher=Collins|isbn=978-0002559324}}</ref> In 2013, Alex von Tunzelmann wrote for ''[[The Guardian]]'', "''Nicholas and Alexandra'' boasts terrific performances and gorgeous production design, but it's bloated and unwieldy. There is more history here than the film-makers know what to do with."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/jun/14/nicholas-and-alexandra-reel-history |title=Nicholas and Alexandra: mashing up history can't make this pair lovable |website=[[The Guardian]] |first=Alex|last=von Tunzelmann|date=14 June 2013|access-date=19 October 2019}}</ref> For ''[[Radio Times]]'', Tom Hutchinson awarded the film three stars out of five, describing it as a "sumptuous, if overlong, epic" which "shows the stretchmarks of too much padding" and "overwhelms us with its detail, though Tom Baker is a lot of fun as the leering mystic Rasputin".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/film/kj7zy/nicholas-and-alexandra/ |title=Nicholas and Alexandra |website=[[Radio Times]] |first=Tom|last=Hutchinson|access-date=19 October 2019}}</ref> [[Stanley Kauffmann]] of ''[[The New Republic]]'' described the film as 'flabby'.<ref>{{cite book |title=Living Images Film Comment and Criticism|last1=Kauffmann|first1=Stanley |publisher=Harper & Row Publishers |year=1974 |page=245}}</ref>