Review of Portrait of Jennie (1948) by Nicolás B — 11 Jan 2015
Charming fantasy film about artist Joseph Cotten meeting a sweet young girl in Central Park and then a few days running into the same girl, now years older. Cotten soon realizes that she is from the past and that he is also falling in love with her.
David O. Selznick produced this wonderful romantic fantasy film, which stared his soon to be wife, Jennifer Jones. Cotton delivers his usual good performance, but Jones really stands out, convincingly aging throughout the course of the film.
Dimitri Tiomkin provides a lush score that sounded more like a Bernard Hermann score. Joseph H. August gave the film a mostly dreamlike quality that immensely helped the film, especially the film's truly magical ending.
This review of Portrait of Jennie (1948) was written by Nicolás B on 11 Jan 2015.
Portrait of Jennie has generally received very positive reviews.
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