Review of Five Star Final (1931) by I Don't Know W — 23 Oct 2010
A great performance by Robinson and a scathing hatchet job of sensationalistic media. When a newspaper decides to increase circulation by re-serialising a long dead passion-killer case; the acquited defendant finds her life being turned upside down again on the eve of her daughter's wedding.
With film adaptations of stage plays, you rarely see any filmmaking qualities other than point and shoot. But here, there are quite a few tracking shots, including one following a suicide attempt using silhouettes and fades, that are impressive anyway. Doubly so for a 1931 shoot.
A great lesson to be learned to anyone who allows for the manipulation of their morality by a media who merely seeks their dollar.
This review of Five Star Final (1931) was written by I Don't Know W on 23 Oct 2010.
Five Star Final has generally received positive reviews.
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