Review of Gaslight (1944) by Cindy I — 27 Nov 2009
Probably my favorite Ingrid Bergman performance. In this film she plays Paula, a young wife who is being slowly driven mad by her scheming husband, Gregory (Charles Boyer)...or is she? You actually can feel her pain and her panic as she starts losing her grip on reality.
By the time of the wonderful cliimax, you think maybe she really DID go around the bend. Boyer is condescending and evil as the husband. A very young, beautiful Angela Lansbury is a bit on the evil side too as the tacky-trashy Cockney-accented housekeeper Nancy.
I enjoyed her performance because it's so different from the wise kindly women she played later in her career. And Joseph Cotten is good as the neighbor and Scotland Yard detective who puts together the pieces on what is really going on.
The kindness he showed to Paula was touching to me. But this is ultimately Ingrid's movie. Brilliant.
This review of Gaslight (1944) was written by Cindy I on 27 Nov 2009.
Gaslight has generally received very positive reviews.
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