The soapy, melodramatic style is not to the film's detriment: Douglas Sirk's classic tear-jerker has a subversive and impactful allegorical message that has been blunted by time, but was astonishingly progressive and intelligent for its era.
This review of Imitation of Life (1959) was written by Andy P on 09 Jun 2015.
Imitation of Life has generally received very positive reviews.
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