"Bought belongs resolutely to the thirties and the then-prevalent 'confession' cycle, of which Constance Bennett was the leading (and highest paid) practitioner. It's a good, typical example of its type, a little novelettish perhaps in some of its plot contrivances but conversely quite realistic in its physical detail, and in its utilization of a selfish and far-from-sympathetic heroine. Ben Lyon reminds us again what a pleasing, assured player he was, and Ray Milland reminds us too that-in the movies at least-playboys from Newport are a worthless lot. (Another cliche dusted off is that of running off to Philadelphia to give birth to an illegitimate child!) Constance Bennett, too often overlooked, proves once again that her enormous appeal was well founded, while her father, Richard Bennett, gives an excellent performance, hampered a bit by far too much facial makeup and a role which skirts the issue of racial prejudice." William K. Everson