Chose this film just to tick off a LOT of lists, but ended up being really entertained. You can't ask for a better introduction to Bette, and Marilyn's cameo is the icing on the cake.
There's something modern, or maybe timeless, about All About Eve. Betty Davis is of course great as the aging diva whose throne is about to be usurped by Eve, the pretty young thing who's finagled her way into her entourage. Cracking dialog, well-acted psychologies, and a truthful look at the theater scene combine to make this great drama. But writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz gives it several stylish spins that make it rise above even that level. Novelistic voice-over and freeze frame are well-used, and a particular mirror shot at the end manages to put into images the idea that the young and ambitious continually replace the old and experienced, in every field (it's ALL theater, isn't it?) is an infinite cycle. Masterful and witty, it doesn't show its age. Plus, early Marilyn Munroe!
This film is like a diamond between the last couple of stones that Bette Davis was doing. Amazing, no words can describe my love for this film. You cannot die without watching it.
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BillieDove
This is the film that got me into classics. Bette Davis is simply phenomenal, and the dialog is one of the best ever written.kaffy
Chose this film just to tick off a LOT of lists, but ended up being really entertained. You can't ask for a better introduction to Bette, and Marilyn's cameo is the icing on the cake.myopia
Amazing script and dialog. Quality movie.Flops
Don't cry, just score it as an incomplete forward pass.Siskoid
There's something modern, or maybe timeless, about All About Eve. Betty Davis is of course great as the aging diva whose throne is about to be usurped by Eve, the pretty young thing who's finagled her way into her entourage. Cracking dialog, well-acted psychologies, and a truthful look at the theater scene combine to make this great drama. But writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz gives it several stylish spins that make it rise above even that level. Novelistic voice-over and freeze frame are well-used, and a particular mirror shot at the end manages to put into images the idea that the young and ambitious continually replace the old and experienced, in every field (it's ALL theater, isn't it?) is an infinite cycle. Masterful and witty, it doesn't show its age. Plus, early Marilyn Munroe!nrmnp
This movie offers you ageless dialog (which will still be justified in any time), suspense, amazing characters, and cool ending. Perfect!stexdo
The script kept getting better and better. Davis is perfect... a great movie!imLeaMarie
This film is like a diamond between the last couple of stones that Bette Davis was doing. Amazing, no words can describe my love for this film. You cannot die without watching it.si_reid
That scene near the end between Eve and Addison is a classic scene from the cinemaMDomino
Fantastic movie.One of the films where you can truly say "They just don't make films like that anymore".
seithscott
This movie is phenomenal, full of cynicism and satirical bite, a force of dialog and emotion, superbly performed by all.FernandaR
What a phenomenal movie. A masterpiece.frdirector
ABSOLUTELY A MASTERPIECE!wilyhawk
Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night.itsnazia1993
I looked up perfection in the dictionary and it said 'All About Eve'.Showing items 1 – 15 of 31