9/10
Loved this film-50s time capsule
12 July 2022
I loved this film featuring such talented ladies as Hope Lange, Martha Hyer and of course the inimitable Joan Crawford.

A great cast. I'm not sure why Hope Lange didn't make a bigger mark. She could carry her role and delivered compelling scenes. I would have love to see her have a bigger imprint on Hollywood. She inhabited her character - compelling. Stephen Boyd matched her unique character and also had a profound impact on the film, especially when he walks out saying she's not over her old beau.

The plot keeps moving. Relationships continue to develop. Some if the characters' evolution doesn't make sense such as strong independent Suzy turning to psychological mush and in a daze over Louis. She seems to use him as he uses her but then it turns into obsessive love- Just doesn't ring true.

A great time piece film. Show the rampant drinking and smoking if the 50s. The battle about sex. Women's emerging independence. The ubiquity of affairs.

I really like this movie for great actresses Crawford, Lange and Hyer and then Stephen Boyd. The plot was interesting as well as the historical time period. We've advanced a lot!
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