This is a strange movie in several respects.
First, perhaps, is the strong contrast between the understated acting of Bette Davis and the very over-the-top style of Myriam Hopkins.
Second: I kept wondering why Hopkins would have accepted to play such an unsympathetic part.
Third: The male lead, John Loder, though very suave and charming, also comes off as unsympathetic when we learn that he simply abandoned his wife and young daughter for 10 years with no contact.
Fourth: I could not for the life of me understand why Davis' character maintained her so-called friendship with Hopkins' character. Hopkins' character constantly put her down, derided her, was selfish, etc.
There are, in short, a lot of unexplained holes in this movie.
Davis does a good job acting. I honestly don't know what to make of Hopkins' performance. If this is a woman's picture, I can understand why men would not have wanted to be dragged to see it. Too much of it is just too hard to believe.
First, perhaps, is the strong contrast between the understated acting of Bette Davis and the very over-the-top style of Myriam Hopkins.
Second: I kept wondering why Hopkins would have accepted to play such an unsympathetic part.
Third: The male lead, John Loder, though very suave and charming, also comes off as unsympathetic when we learn that he simply abandoned his wife and young daughter for 10 years with no contact.
Fourth: I could not for the life of me understand why Davis' character maintained her so-called friendship with Hopkins' character. Hopkins' character constantly put her down, derided her, was selfish, etc.
There are, in short, a lot of unexplained holes in this movie.
Davis does a good job acting. I honestly don't know what to make of Hopkins' performance. If this is a woman's picture, I can understand why men would not have wanted to be dragged to see it. Too much of it is just too hard to believe.