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A Good Twist Everytime I began to hate this film it swiftly redeemed itself. It is at once a murder mystery, love story and an analysis of the relationship between mothers and daughters. Joan Crawford plays Mildred Pierce, a woman in the midst of her second marriage when her new husband turns up dead. We make several assumptions at the beginning of the film that are twisted throughout and then turned around on us, and I have to show respect to any film that tricks me. Through flashbacks we are educated in Mildred's rise to fame and fortune. Jack Carson is smarmy and brilliant as Wally Fay, the man Mildred passes over time and time again until he begins to bite back. Ann Blyth plays Mildred's daughter, Veda, the most spoiled rotten brat I have seen on-screen in a good long while. Blyth reminds me of a combination of Alexis Bledel from 'Gilmore Girls' and Anne Baxter as Eve in 'All About Eve'. She is fantastically wicked and I love that she never redeems herself, this is not the kind of character that should be forgiven. The standout actor in this film has to be Eve Arden as Ida, Mildred's best friend. Arden has a magnificent power about her that she brings to all her roles and every film with her in it is automatically granted a sly grin and wink. She doesn't need to fall in love or even really think about men, because Ida is a businesswoman through and through. Crawford won an Oscar for her work here. Here performance is good, but throughout she keeps the same small personality that Mildred had as a housewife. I just didn't see the evolution of her character through this performance. I think the film is bigger than her and it relies much more on strong supporting characters. An interesting film that had me fooled. email this review to a friend
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Jul 2, 2007 12:23 AM