I really believe this film has never been appreciated as it should have been. Bette gives one of her most thoughtful, honest performances in this film. Jim Davis was definitely not the correct leading man for the role, but who would have been with such an awkwardly written role? The Hollywood of 1948 would never have allowed the filmmakers to approach the movie with the frank honesty it deserves. The love story needed to actually go further than it did in showing Bette's frigidity and James' struggles between religion and sex. The wonderful John Hoyt's role needed to be written more specifically as a gay man so that the relationship between he and Bette would have more depth. All in all, an awkwardly written film with some miraculous performances in the circumstances
Review of Winter Meeting
