Review of Now, Voyager (1942) by Alison H — 17 Mar 2008
This was an interesting movie, a little on the melodramatic side, but wonderfully so. I loved all the lingering looks, the tears, the emotionaly wrought cigarette smoking. Story aside, this was a vehicle for Bette Davis to show us why she reigns supreme as the mother of all Hollywood actresses. Surely no one has done transformation, physically and emotionally, as well as she did it in this movie.
I had no idea what this was about, which made it all the more fabulous, and Bette Davis was kept hidden away from us mysteriously for the first few minutes as her the character of her horrid, tyrannical mother was set up (classic movie monster). But then she walks in...well I won't spoil the fun. But I can't resist at least this much: Ugly Bette, indeed!
The great title comes from this quote by Walt Whitman: "The untold want by life and land ne'er granted, / Now voyager sail thou forth to seek and find" (from "The Untold Want).
This review of Now, Voyager (1942) was written by Alison H on 17 Mar 2008.
Now, Voyager has generally received very positive reviews.
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