The Little Foxes
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Movie Reviews of The Little Foxes
Movie Review: LOUSY TRANSFER OF A BETTE DAVIS CLASSIC
Summary: 3 Stars
"The Little Foxes" is based on the play by Lillian Hellman. It stars Bette Davis as Regina, a ruthless matriarch in a Southern family steeped in deceit, fraud and betrayal. Regina wants to be rich again and to this end she is willing to destroy her two brothers, sell her only daughter in marriage to her first cousin and kill her first husband to court a new love. This is one tough and classy dame! Teresa Wright is ideally cast as Regina's daughter. TRANSFER: YUCK! YUCK! YUCK! Although the print shows little signs of age related artifacts, nothing can excuse the edge enhancement, shimmering of fine details and aliasing that is inherent in nearly every scene. It really is distracting, especially as a lot of the key scenes are played out on a winding banister with ornate spindles that shake and shimmy all over the screen - enough to give one a small headache. The audio is mono and very nicely balanced.
EXTRAS: A Theatrical trailer that looks as though it was fed through a meat grinder.
BOTTOM LINE: This isn't one to spend your money on!
Movie Review: The Little Foxes
Summary: 3 Stars
This was probably one of the few of Davis' movies that seemed to lead to a suspensful climax and then plopped to a disappointment and left one hanging waiting for an end and a conclusion that never came. When it said "The End", I couldn't believe it. Though it has been hailed on Broadway as a great play by Lillian Hellman, the ending was so abrupt that one has to wonder what the brothers did as retribution for the "blackmail" their sister was holding over their heads. It seemed like an unfinished plot. One assumes the mother and daughter's relationship has ended but one isn't sure and that could have been explored further. Davis gave her usual wonderful performance, as did the other actors, but I expected perhaps better writing of Hellman since the accolades for the book were so great. I was disappointed.Movie Review: A classic that some will love & others will like
Summary: 3 Stars
Why you'll like it- great acting,classic drama,good cast. Why you wont - the movie is just too long,& too talky,& maybe you wouldn't like to see family members blackmailing each other/too downbeat. Bette Davis fans will not want to miss this one. It is a classic,but for me it wasn't my cup of tea. She & her brothers are like JR Ewing of Dallas basically. She is scheming against her brothers & her husband,she plays a foul character as do her brothers in particular Charles Dingle(what a SOB is he is). I dont think the movie is for everyone's tastes,but it is a classic,it certainly is worth seeing.It is a renter,& for lovers of these drama's it is something you will want in a collection. The MGM is a terrific full frame transferMovie Review: Buyer beware.. it's in fullscreen, not widescreen!
Summary: 2 Stars
Why is this classic shown here in the cheap/fullscreen format & not the widescreen it was originally filmed in? I say, buyer beware... hold out, until they release it in it's full format. Let's hope that is soon!