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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Critics Consensus

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

The 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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Theo E

A Haiku Review: Betty Davis was Probably thinking, “why can’t Eve get some self esteem?”

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/30/25

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Mikey B

Superbly written story about a young ingenue who wants to be the star and the veteran actress hanging on to relevance. Bette Davis' finest performance and that is saying something. Bonus: Marilyn Monroe in a scene before she became a star.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/29/25

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Alexsander F

Terrific! A classic since its inception, starring the great Bette Davis, who became a reference for villains, a work that influences screenplays to this day.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/29/25

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Garrett B

All About Eve is a charming Old Hollywood classic.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/12/25

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Stephen C

Success in 2 hours and 18 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy 75th anniversary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $10,200.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/12/25

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Lars N

A deeply sinister look behind the curtain of Broadway, with everything that goes with it: Fantastic dialogue, false friends and razor sharp alboves. It's long though and Eve confused me. Does she actually have a talent for being on a stage? Well then it's good she found her way there. Or is she incompetent? Well, then she would surely be booted out. It is never shown to us so it remains a mystery

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/22/25

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Synopsis

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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