The Hollywood Reporter wrote that future generations would "set themselves the task of analyzing the durability and greatness" of the film, while Commonweal said that in the future "the Library of Congress will be glad to have in its archives a print of Sunset Boulevard."
The Hollywood Reporter skrev att framtida generationer skulle "ge sig själva i uppgift att analysera varaktighet och storhet" medan tidningen Commonweal sa att i framtiden "kommer Library of Congress vara glada över att ha en kopia av Sunset Boulevard i sina arkiv".