Thursday, January 13, 2005

It All Eve-ns Out

All About Eve (1950)
Starring: Bette Davis, Ann Baxter
Directed by: Joseph Mankiewicz
Rating: NR
Genre: Drama
Other
Review
Interesting movie, but they've got the wrong end of the stick. The movie is ostensibly about an older actress who is supplanted by a younger one but the reality is that Ann Baxter really IS a better actress and Bette Davis looks old as a mummy in this thing. So your sympathy lies with the Ann Baxter character. Weird that the director didn't seem to understand this. Ripe for a remake by somebody like the guy who makes those Red Shoes Diaries movies.

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