All About Eve

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All About Eve

Released Oct 13, 1950

2h 18m

Drama

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Backstage story revolving around aspiring actress Eve Harrington. Tattered and forlorn, Eve shows up in the dressing room of Broadway mega-star Margo Channing, telling a melancholy life story to Margo and her friends. Margo takes Eve under her wing, and it appears that Eve is a conniver that uses Margo.

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Smart, sophisticated, and devastatingly funny, All About Eve is a Hollywood classic that only improves with age.

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

Joseph L. Mankiewicz's bad taste, exhibited with verve, is more fun than careful, mousy, dehydrated good taste. His nonsense about "theatre" is saved by one performance that is the real thing: Bette Davis is at her most instinctive and assured.

Jul 28, 2022

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Richard L. Coe

Washington Post

You'll want to see All Abut Eve a couple of times.

Jul 26, 2022

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Times (UK) Staff

Times (UK)

The script is well capable of carrying out the film's intentions -- it is, indeed, an admirable piece of work and not lacking in wit.

Feb 17, 2022

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

The barbed dialogue is witty and wonderful, delivered with tart insolence by Bette Davis as ... an aging Broadway lioness who watches ruthless cub Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) pull out her claws as she purrs and insinuates herself into stardom.

Aug 19, 2023

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Mark Johnson

Awards Daily

A penetrating anecdote on the viciousness of narcissism, cynicism, deceit, and celebrity, All About Eve is one of the most revolutionary and sharp-edged screenplays ever written.

Jun 8, 2023

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

All About Eve proved to Hollywood that Bette Davis wasn't ready to quit and it remains one of the greatest films ever made.

Rated: 5/5

Mar 26, 2023

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Fer S

Great movie. Could have been shorter though...

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/25/25

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Emma F

Eve, a young actress, manipulates her way into the life of Broadway star Margo, leading to a battle of wits and ambition.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/07/25

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Jacob B

What can I add to what has already been said about this film? Bette Davis and classic Hollywood rarely were better. Flawless.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/05/25

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Ishara L

I wish I had not read any synopsis. They unfortunately give away the gist of the main relationship. It rendered me confused because Anne Baxter's Eve was so brilliantly innocent at the start. I kept wondering whatever could be wrong about her. For the first half of the movie, I kept thinking that it was Margo herself projecting her own insecurities towards the younger, more employable actress. Because, if it weren't for her friends in the theater keeping her employed, Margo would have more trouble finding roles. But then, slowly cracks begint to appear in Eve's story. And yet, the way it is presented to the audience, I kept not seeing it. Only saw that talented persona she had created herself. Eve is quick with her answers, steering the conversation so that the result will ever be in her favor. Only when she has to drop the mask, to show how vicious she can be to reach her goals, do we know what she has been hiding. Wonderful! Indredible dialogue, witty and biting, combined with excellent acting. (Especially Bette Davis' look of contempt is so mesemerizing to look at.). An excellent look at the woes of the life in theater and how far smart manipulation can get you.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/03/25

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David S

The early vulnerability of Davis was cool to see maybe - but ultimately a depressing unfortunate ordeal that's being conveyed here, oh and can't compare to my life in any way - privacy invading compliments of the forces of evil!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/12/24

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William B

Great movie with interesting plot. Several attempts to make it better. Impossible to beat.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/22/24

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Backstage story revolving around aspiring actress Eve Harrington. Tattered and forlorn, Eve shows up in the dressing room of Broadway mega-star Margo Channing, telling a melancholy life story to Margo and her friends. Margo takes Eve under her wing, and it appears that Eve is a conniver that uses Margo.

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Producer: Darryl F Zanuck
Screenwriter: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Distributor: 20th Century Fox, Fox
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 13, 1950, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.2K
Runtime: 2h 18m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)

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