Review of The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) by Kalel J — 28 Mar 2011
Familial and small-scale in immediate pictures; grand and adventurous in scope. 'The Magnificent Ambersons' is an amazing film - it is a narrative spanning decades, holds many characters, and covers timely insights into turn of the century industry, power, and the downwards tilt of high-life.
Yet the film drags. It is an amazing effort that something so crammed together can be a vapid and slow greeting to an uninviting family. Welles' film is well-known for it's extreme studio interference - and it shows heavily - but the result remains as a film with no real purpose, no interesting characters or ties, and no impact on the themes surrounding them.
There was a lot happening in the world that these families lived in, it's just too bad we weren't shown very much of it.
This review of The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) was written by Kalel J on 28 Mar 2011.
The Magnificent Ambersons has generally received very positive reviews.
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