Alright so now that I"m back for more reviews for you guys, it's time I carry on with reviewing all these best picture winners. And we're starting that with the latest one that I've seen: All About Eve.
Plot: After Broadway star Margo Channing finishes another successful performance, she and her friends come across a fan named Eve Harrington who tells them about how she has lived a difficult life and how she has been following their theatrical tour. Eventually they like her so much that Margo hires her as her assistant. But unbeknownst to Margo and her friends, Eve uses this to her advantage to eventually become Margo's understudy. Eventually this leads to her beginning to climb higher into the theatrical world and manipulating everyone to get what she wants.
I was intrigued at how this film went after the first 45 minutes or so. If not really because of the comedy or anything like that, then definitely the drama and how much some of the characters change. I think the best examples that stand out for me are Margo and Eve. Both actresses who played these characters pulled them off really well making it little wonder that they were both nominated for Best Leading Actress. I mean Margo gave a very clear idea of being an actress who is beginning to and then but how Eve changes as we got to know her more throughout the film is just unexpected and is done very well. On another note with acting, we get George Sanders again who not only might have a little more screen time then he did in Rebecca, but also won Supporting Actor for his role. And who can blame him? I mean what he gives us later on in the film without giving anything away just somehow brought a lot more into it. Plus you still have to enjoy him even if you only like watching him just to hear his voice knowing that he's Sher Kahn in The Jungle Book. Now there have been critics and academics who have talked about how there seems to be some thematic content that seemed to have shown antagonism that existed between Broadway and Hollywood at the time. And yeah, later on in the film it shows. Rebecca Flint Marx noted in her review that the script basically went into a lot of theater types like the aging, egomaniacal grand dame and the outwardly docile, inwardly scheming ingenue to the powerful critic who reeks of malignant charm. (AllMovie.com. Retrieved 8 August 2009) And I think that's the thing that stands out the most from what I got out of the whole story of All About Eve as a whole. It showed us some of the things that people like Margo or Eve and some other characters go through in the life of show business. And I thought that was interesting that they went into that theme as the story progressed. Maybe there's more about that along with other things that you might notice if you watch the film yourself but if you do, you might find those things to be just as interesting.
And that's my review for All About Eve. It gave well done characters, had memorable performances, and had a theme that brought you to it more and more, making All About Eve an enjoyable film to watch among the best picture winners.
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