What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

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Mariana T @M.Tezeta Jan 27 "Could we have been friends all this time?"... Without a doubt, this is the most macabre sister story I've ever seen. Bette Davis, along with Joan Crawford, mesmerizes the viewer from beginning to end. You can't consider Jane a disturbed woman without first considering how influenced she is by her sister Blanche's thirst for revenge. And Blanche isn't simply a victim; she also generates guilt. In the end, I concluded that both women were victims of their desire to stand out... I wish they hadn't so desperately sought acceptance in an industry where expectations change so rapidly. At times, I wanted more plot twists, but I realized that this story aims to create a sense of ambivalence between who is guilty and who you feel sorry for... in any case, this bitterness was enough to enjoy the film until the very end. Jane dancing in the final scene immortalizes everything. See more Teddy B Jan 27 This film is a case similar to 'The Exorcist', in my opinion. A wonderful novel perfectly fit for a movie, placed in the hands of a talented director, performed by actors in their A-grade, shot beautifully and breezily paced, with their own merits towards either the history of their actors or on movies themselves. Bette Davis and Joan Crawford make this movie, especially Bette Davis. Her ability to disappear into this role, her willingness to transform herself completely into this complicated villain in Baby Jane Hudson as she did nearly thirty years earlier with Mildred in 'Of Human Bondage', is commendable above all else and a true testament to her talent. See more Perry N H @Paras224 Jan 15 Heaven; shlud have been Davis' 4th oscar See more Christopher K. @gtrod47 Dec 24 Ahead of its time. Great performances. Strange. See more John S Nov 1 Brilliant on so many levels! This is a fascinating movie. Highly recommend. See more Mitch C @PrimetimeMitch Sep 9 This is quite the twisted tragic tale and another example of the dramatic lengths Bette Davis would go to. It's part black comedy, part drama and part horror - the latter existing in the demented actions of Jane Hudson played gruesomely by Davis whose abuse of her sister Blanche is unsettling viewing. Crawford is good and her deterioration and desperation are well executed as are moments of hope dashed by Jane's repeated returns to foil cries for help. The ending may suffer somewhat from the heights of Jane's mental breakdown as it's slows to a conclusion but the image of Davis dancing in a circle of onlookers with ice cream - a flash to her hideously spoilt younger self - is striking and effective. The movie shifts to give us new perspective and question who is the greater villain - though I feel its fleeting as the behaviour displayed by James throughout is not so much bore out of jealousy as purely psychotic See more Read all reviews

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