Review of Mr. Skeffington (1944) by Dave J — 10 Dec 2012

Okay, the ending is so dumb, it practically folds back on awesome. But that doesn't dismiss the rest of the movie for being obnoxiously moralistic, empty-headed, and worst of all, boring. The movie starts out with all the possibility, what with Bette Davis's manipulative social butterfly and her possibly-incestuous attachment to her brother, and Claude Rain's secret Jewish heritage-- think of all the commentary on women's value and the changing social classes it could get in, but instead there's about an hour and half of Bette Davis playing a ridiculous cartoon flirt.