Review of Grand Hotel (1932) by David L — 27 Oct 2018
Grand Hotel is a rather underrated, very strong Best Picture winner which needs to be respected more. Yes, the first act is clunky and John Barrymore is underutilized whereas Wallace Beery is a caricature with a bad accent, but Greta Garbo is quite memorable even if she overacted the hell out of her role.
Joan Crawford and Lionel Barrymore both stole the show here with their emotional, powerful performances. The movie is simplistic in plot, but it has a good metaphor, excellent art direction and it's simply a very entertaining, lovely look into some of Hollywood's biggest stars of this period.
This review of Grand Hotel (1932) was written by David L on 27 Oct 2018.
Grand Hotel has generally received positive reviews.
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