Reviews by fernando

Sorrentino, his world and style and crew, imposed to reality of Berlusconi era. Great character when he talks and tries to sell dreams

Good actress, good character navigating naive and brave through history; but all ends in such conventional way

Good intentions can´t save all this episodic, homegenous, fantasy. Even good ideas and elements, are the unborn childs, or beautiful Ava as 'luxury', are wasted. This was not a film for Cukor, his zooms and camera work is horrible here.

Elsa, the lioness, makes the film, the theme and the point. At least, the film pioneers in the trainign of animals to go wild again, and there´s the idea of friendship above the idea of having a pet

Manierism, not just hitchcockian, just formalist wonderful manierism surrounds a simple plot of evil husband goes for vulnerable wife. Ingrid is perfect, as debutante Lansbury.

McLeod has the pace and the wit an the charm to make a kind of old Hope a fresh comic star. Fontaine is amusing and functional.

Cukor's women, 20 years before, were far better. Miller is a good director, Allyson gives a conventional touch to everything, even in her musical numbers. Collins is mature, Dolores Gray is better than the others.

I can forgive June Allyson miscasting because is a recurrence in Sirk to have older stars in the central feminine protagonism (Wyman was first aned even Lana Turner); there are some delicate details and the importance of seeing each other behind the scenes (and Marianne Cook reflected in the piano, a delicate image that´s going to be torn in pieces)

Stop Krstic, too much visual quotes, and info¡ Would to see quietly all the references listed in the final credits. Besides that pile of borrowed styles, the film has its own and its nice, a psicologist that loves a woman and other patients that help him so steal art, inside a dream and...

Western brother, more specific half brother stuff, always function when there´s a woman (Joanne Dru) between. But here, lacks some passions and sincerity, the screenplay doesn't have people telling trues but swallowing them...