Review of Now, Voyager (1942) by Stephen M — 10 Apr 2008
A terrific melodrama, the potentially trashy pitfalls of which are neatly sidestepped by way of classy production values and sensitive performances, not least from Bette Davis at her very best. She plays a highly-strung, ugly-duckling spinster who, cured of her neuroses by a psychiatrist and newly preened, falls for a man trapped in a loveless marriage.
Davis is ably supported by Claude Rains, Paul Henreid and Gladys Cooper, as her psychiatrist, her lover and her formidable mother, respectively. A reminder of a more innocent time, when the lighting of two cigarettes could be an intimate, romantic, almost sexual gesture, rather than just a catalyst for litigation and lynch-mobs.
This review of Now, Voyager (1942) was written by Stephen M on 10 Apr 2008.
Now, Voyager has generally received very positive reviews.
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