I like a lot of things about this film, and there are some things that make me roll my eyes, but the plot of this is but one small slice from a fantastic novel, blown completely out of proportion to serve as a "bad girl" vehicle for Bette Davis.
When I think of what a properly-written script taken from the real plot of this novel, with the author's ideas and observations left intact, would have done in the hands of John Huston, and these, and other, actors, I could weep. There isn't anything in this vale of tears society that makes me despair more than wasted potential or flaunted opportunity, so I cringe every time I see this film, even though it is not a bad film!
When I think of what a properly-written script taken from the real plot of this novel, with the author's ideas and observations left intact, would have done in the hands of John Huston, and these, and other, actors, I could weep. There isn't anything in this vale of tears society that makes me despair more than wasted potential or flaunted opportunity, so I cringe every time I see this film, even though it is not a bad film!
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