Craig's Wife

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A R I like movies based on plays because they tend to focus on dialogue and excellent acting, and this is no exception. Rosalind Russell in particular gives and amazingly believable and subtle performance as the detached, manipulative wife. That said, I don't understand the takeaway here, besides the expositional final passage 'those who live alone are usually left alone'...I hope there's more to this movie than that singular concept. As a movie directed by a woman, focusing on women's position in a patriarchal society - I'd like to find a different conclusion here. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Engrossing thriller that intends to tell a message plainly and simply. Rosalind Russell and John Boles play their roles magnificently as do the supporting actors. The film is tight, always moving to its inevitable conclusion. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member This version is a must see classic. Ms. Russell's performance compelling. I like this version much better than the 1950 remake starring Crawford. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Russell is superb in this glossy adaptation of the stage play. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member good weepy melodrama Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member A film so criminally undervalued and a little forgotten, it's also a much better version of the play than it's glossy and somewhat misogynistic Crawford remake. It's pioneering director, Dorothy Arzner, was unique in two ways. Not only the only woman director making big studio pics during the Hollywood Golden Age but also a lesbian who made no secret of her sexuality. Most surely a gay icon as well as a feminist one. Her version of Craig's Wife is very much a crack at the male dominated studio system of the time (good on her!!). Arzner's Harriet Craig is also a much more sympathetic character than the one being justly (?!) punished in the remake (which, of course, was produced and directed by men) Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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