Review of Dark Victory (1939) by Justin M — 26 Dec 2009
This is such a chick flick. It makes the Notebook look like Die Hard. It's also quite good, however. Sure, it's incredibly melodramatic, but what Bette Davis makes it all work, giving one of the finer performances I've seen.
I just have one beef with her performance: there's this one scene where Humphrey Bogart comes onto her, and not only do her clothes not immediately fly off, but she actually turns him down. That's just not realistic at all, and really hurt my suspension of disbelief.
Other than that, a fine movie.
This review of Dark Victory (1939) was written by Justin M on 26 Dec 2009.
Dark Victory has generally received positive reviews.
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