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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
333 |
Avg. Rating: |
3.14/4 |
# of Ratings: |
114 |
Genres: |
Drama, Thriller |
Rating: |
NR |
Language: |
English |
Theater Date: | 10/31/1962 |
DVD Release: |
10/09/2012 |
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Director: |
Robert Aldrich |
Actors: |
Bette Davis
Joan Crawford
Victor Buono
Wesley Addy
Julie Allred
Anne Barton |
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Plot Outline:
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A gargoylish former child star, Jane, and her former-movie-star sister, Blanche, now crippled, are isolated in their decaying home. Bodies begin to accumulate as Jane's grip on reality becomes more and more tenuous. Will Blanche survive her sister's delusions?
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mitchellyoung 02/07/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3/4 |
Led by two brilliant performances, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? is a shattering psychological thriller, centered around the intriguing relationship between two aging sisters. Grey Gardens this is not, however, as Bette Davis turns in a commanding and terrifying performance as the overpowering Baby Jane Hudson and Joan Crawford is appropriately weak and pathetic as her sister, Blanche. The film hints at Sunset Boulevard-like themes of aging starlets, but takes a dark turn into Hitchcockian noir territory, resulting in a more harrowing film. The film's scares are subtle, but work within the context of the plot, as the engrossing performances make the film's script work. |
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woody 02/02/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
When this movie used to come on TV (yes, back in the old days when you had to wait for them), I had a morbid fascination with it, and watched it intently each time. I knew the two stars had been big in previous decades and I wondered what brought them to the point of taking these grotesque roles.
Now, after seeing many other Bette Davis and Joan Crawford movies, I appreciate the high Kitsch factor, and I can just imagine the behind-the-scenes banter and trash talk between Bette and Joan. Bette does have the juiciest role, by far.
Another treat is the great character actor Victor Buono. |
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Chris Kavan 12/21/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3/4 |
Classic campy thriller with Bette Davis at her most garish, and quite unnerving, playing off Joan Crawford. Over-the-top, yet completely watchable and entertaining. |
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Allison 03/18/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
2.5/4 |
Overall, an extremely silly movie. But I like Bette Davis a whole bunch so I checked it out. Campy-to-the-max. |
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01/19/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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"Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?" by Yojimbo |
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A wheelchair-bound ex-Hollywood star is terrorized within her own home by her jealous and alcoholic elder sister. Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? hasn't got the most promising premise for a "comedy", but like Psycho and Dr Strangelove, it's the macabre streak of black humour that provides the stroke of genius that makes it what it is. The plot read as straight is a very melodramatic, soapy affair, but Aldrich's skewed approach makes a black-hearted comedy of grotesques out of it all in a similar way to Sunset Boulevard. The cast are all great, but it is Bette Davis' show all the way as the increasingly unhinged child star-turned embittered old harridan and she sends herself up rotten; the scene where she recreates her old act has to be seen to be believed! The attractive cinematography co... |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
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