Review of Portrait of Jennie (1948) by Martin T — 24 Sep 2009
An unusual romance with a supernatural twist to it. The highlight is the cinematography, lots of picture-postcard moments with soft lighting. Cotten is always a pleasure and Barrymore's character is quite likeable.
On the downside, the film drowns under the wall-to-wall Debussy score. Also, the dialogue and narration deals too heavily in useless romantic abstractions, but I suppose some people like that sort of thing.
Overall, it's a nice, touching movie.
This review of Portrait of Jennie (1948) was written by Martin T on 24 Sep 2009.
Portrait of Jennie has generally received very positive reviews.
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