Recent reviews

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  Review by Peter Patnaik ★★★★

  The best type of over-produced rococo trash. Downton Abbey can only dream of the muck this film runs its tie and tails through.

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  Review by Mike Demski ★★★

  Holy racial awkwardness! Yeah, this is a decent melodrama, and the prototype for the Gainsborough brand. But I have to mention this: the movie features a child in blackface in a important role. Now, that's pretty awkward, especially considering the year. But it gets worse. In one scene, the child attends a performance of Othello! There's a white character, who's only wearing blackface for his performance. So there's "real" blackface, and "fake" blackface? It's the absolute fucking height of absurdity.

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  Review by anne_f_ ★★★★

  A historical drama combined with a World War 2 beginning and end, I liked the way that the two stories were tied together. I was a bit surprised by the way in which marital infidelity was shown, although due to the restrictions that applied to film then one knew the outcome of the marital unfaithfulnesses (SPOILERS - no happy ever after). James Mason and Stewart Granger were excellent as the two leading men and we'll excuse the blacked up boy and use of the N word because that was acceptable 70 years ago.

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  Review by Jostein Ask ★★★

  En film jeg visste fint lite om, sett bort fra at selveste James Mason spiller en slu og brutal markis. En skikkelig chickflick som blir ansett på som den første filmen i Gainsborough rekken(en serie med periode - / kostymedrama laget på den tiden). Stewart Granger derimot er et navn som jeg mener å ha hørt, men ikke hatt noe erfaring med som jeg kan huske rent filmmessig.

  Filmen handler om et venneforhold fra helvete hvor den velstående og blide Clarissa møter den fattige og bitre Hesther. Clarissa gjør det hun kan for å beholde vennskapet, mens Hesther gjør det best mulig for ta fra henne alt hun eier.
  Filmen begynner under WWII da en RAF offiser møter en WREN…