The Woman on the Beach

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Audience Member Its just about watchable. The premise is mildly interesting although at times the script does come out with pretty poor dialogue. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review s r A little too melodramatic for my liking, but his name was Scott. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member a good late 1940s film noir with a great cast and excellent noir lighting Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Brilliant French director Jean Renoir made a handful of films in Hollywood, but sadly none of them equaled or came anywhere close to "Rules of the Game" or "The Grande Illusion." In this film he tells the story of a Coast Guard officer with PTSD, Robert Ryan, who falls for seductress Joan Bennett. Bennett is already involved with a blind artist, Chalres Bickford, who Ryan begins to believe isn't really blind. The film is really just an overwrought melodrama not worth of the the talent in front of or behind the camera. Still, Ryan, Bennett and Bickford give it the old college try when delivering the sometimes laughable dialogue and director Renior manages to fill the film with some interesting visuals, particularly during Ryan's PSTD induced nightmare sequences. This film was actually the last film Renior made in American and I can see why. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member This American Renoir, apparently hacked down to 71 minutes by RKO, is still pretty fascinating in its weirdness (not unlike other Joan Bennett vehicles like Secret Beyond the Door or, um, Suspiria -- that voice!). Robert Ryan is in a dream-like state throughout the move (not his typical nasty self) and his opening nightmare is a wonder of montage. Charles Bickford is intense as the blind painter with a grip on Bennett -- or does she have a grip on him? What is Ryan doing ignoring his sexy blonde mechanic for the clearly screwed up woman on the beach? And what's with the ambiguous ending? Destroying all links to the past can set you/them free? Worth a look if you have a spare hour or so, but you have to wonder what Renoir intended. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Moody, dramatic - I agree it feels a bit stunted by the studio but very much still worth a watch. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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