"For the graver, introspective side of (Charles Laughton) you must see Rembrandt, one of the few non-English subjects to impress Korda. (The film is) a very reverential view of all art, but a fascinating re-creation of the look of Rembrandt's world, photographed by Georges Perinal, and with Gertrude Lawrence (in a rare screen appearance) and Elsa Lanchester as the painter's (mistresses).... Laughton really catches the holy terror of being Rembrandt." David Thomson, Real Paper