Johnny Belinda
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Movie Reviews of Johnny Belinda
Movie Review: Ahead of It's Time
Summary: 5 Stars
Many who have reviewed this near-masterpiece have neglected to say just how special this film was to 1948 audiences. Jane Wyman was known as the girl-next-door type, playing girlfriends and wives, but rarely taken seriously as a topnotch actress. Her one shot came with "The Yearling", as the stern, but understanding mother to Claude Jarmon, Jr. Her performance in "Johnny Belinda" was seen as a revelation, with her Oscar pretty much assured. The film itself garnered 13 Academy Award nominations, winning only the one for Jane Wyman.
The DVD has a greatly sharpened picture - near perfect, in fact. But the sound is a vast improvement, not muffled as it was on the VHS tape, and certainly better than what was offered by Turner Classic Movies for years. However, for the most recent televised airing, the new restored version was used.
The only disappointment is the lack of extras on the DVD. Somewhere in the vaults, there had to be more info about the making of the film or Oscar highlights. Get with it, Warner Brothers!
Movie Review: A CLASSIC IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD
Summary: 5 Stars
.....One measure of an actor/actresses success is the ability to make the audience share in the emotions portrayed on the screen. All the actors in Johnny Belinda, and in particular Jane Wyman, were outstanding in this regard.
.....The viewer would have to be inhuman not to twist and turn with the predicament of Belinda. Her signing of The Lords Prayer at the death bed of her father was a powerful and moving scene.
.....Charles Bickford, Agnes Moorehead, and Lew Ayres were all perfect in their roles, Bickford as the rough hewn farmer who learns to love his daughter, Moorehead as the strict pragmatist who rallies around her niece in time of trouble, and Lew Ayres as the idealist doctor who believes that the greatest sin is is not to help someone who needs you.
.....Ayres gives a great low key performance as a lonely doctor who needs love as much as the poor girl he he tries to help.
.....Every once in a while Hollywood gets it right and the result is a masterpiece like Johnny Belinda.
Movie Review: An enjoyable movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
I came across this name of the movie when I went to a Deaf History tour at University of Iowa library last Feb., otherwise, I wouldn't have known about this movie. I wrote down the name of the movie, so I can find the movie to see it and came across Amazon.com that are selling one on DVD with closed-captioned which was a plus.
Since I know sign language, it was very interesting to see a big change from the signs in the movie during 1948 to the same words comparing to now in 2006. I can see most of them are different and a couple of them like 'thank you' are still the same. I guess time have changed from 'old-fashioned' signs to 'modernized and simple' signs. It would be interesting if I could talk to Jane Wyman herself in today's sign language and see if she can understand some or not. I wonder if she knows some or have forgotten completely?
It was an enjoyable movie with excellent acting by Jane Wyman and Lew Ayres (bless his heart!). I'm sure I will watch the movie again later.
Movie Review: heart wrenching & heart touching
Summary: 5 Stars
this is an absolute masterpiece. this film will definitely become permanently etched in your mind after viewing it. it will touch your heart and break your heart, but you will never forget it. Jane Wyman gives her absolute greatest performance and garners the oscar as a result. Wyman is also the prettiest little woman you'll ever see on film. an absolute angel in this movie. it is difficult to belive that this movie was released after her roles in such renowned classics as "The Lost Weekend" and "The Yearling". by the way she is still living. she was born in 1914. she would be 92 this year.
as for the DVD, excellent picture and sound. no real extras. too bad. still worth the price.
Movie Review: Johnny Belinda
Summary: 5 Stars
Jean Negulesco's stunningly shot drama is by turns touching and gripping, as we rejoice in Belinda's progress, then recoil at the vicious crime visited on her. Though the story veers towards melodrama, injecting one too many calamitous plot twists, this is a small quibble given the revelation of Wyman's Oscar-winning performance. Her rich characterization relies solely on facial expressions, yet the full range of her emotions shine through with delicacy and the ring of truth. Ayres makes a gentle, encouraging mentor, and Bickford and Moorehead, also Oscar-nominated, are both superb.