This biting behind-the-scenes look at Hollywood is as sharp as they come. Opening on the funeral of a producer, the film follows three people as they spew vitriol on the man. Kirk Douglas and Lana Turner are particularly fun. ...read the complete Bad and the Beautiful movie review at filmcritic.com
WOW. Short review: Just watched it on VHS and got online immediately afterwards to order it on DVD. Not only that, this is the movie that's tempted me into finally making the plunge into Digital Projector purchase. This movie deserves to been seen on ...
The true skin of Hollywood studio system is finally shows itself through Vincente Minnelli's crime/Noir; The bad and the beautiful. Slightly hits the simular angle to Billy Wilders acclaimed Sunset Boulevard which was released 1950, three years prior to ...
Maddening story of a no scruples Hollywood producer,using everyone for his own benefit. While most see this film as an indictment of the film industry, I tend to liken it to big business on a grander scale, or to Washington politics. Anyway, there's so ...
The dvd you are about to watch was way ahead of its time in 1952. Movie portrays the seedy side of Hollywood. Kirk Douglas does an excellent performance of playing Jonathan Shields, who doesn't care who he hurts to get his way. In the process, he cheats ...
One of my favorite movies about Hollywood, this sharp, stylized melodrama gets top-flight treatment from director Minnelli. Featuring a powerhouse cast--Douglas, Turner, Dick Powell, Walter Pidgeon, Barry Sullivan, and a personal favorite, Gloria ...
Interested in Val Lewton films? They should have packed this one as an extra in the latest DVD set of Lewton's horror films for RKO. Maybe they couldn't get studio clearance, but once you get past the mumbo jumbo, THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL contains a ...
Known more for his stylish MGM musicals, director Vincente Minnelli pulled out all the stops for this classic 1952 melodrama about a ruthless film producer, Jonathan Shields, who alienates all of those around him to build his fortunes and legacy in ...
Kirk Douglas in what I consider to be his second-best performance; the first being "Lust For Life" - his portrayal of Vincent Van Gogh. He is backed by a great cast, including Walter Pidgeon, Gloria Grahame and Lana Turner. This is one of the best movies ...
In the Fifties the interiorities of the Industry movies was shocked by three remarkable works: everyone of them with its distinctive trademark: All about, Eve, Sunset Boulevard and The bad and the beautiful.
This is an unusual film of Vincent Minelli and ...
This is perhaps my favorite Hollywood movie about Hollywood. All the actors from the sublime Barry Sullivan, to the eurodite Dick Powell, to the glamorous Lana Turner, to the amazing Kirk Douglas, give teriffic performances. It's a shame that only Gloria ...