The Nanny
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Movie Reviews of The Nanny
Movie Review: Unusual Hammer film
Summary: 4 Stars
Bette Davis stars in the title role of this much better than average Hammer film from the mid 1960's. Shot in crisp black and white, with excellent performances from the cast, this is certainly one of Hammers best efforts. It benefits strongly from being a subtle thriller, rather than the gothic blood soaked efforts the company is more famous for.
It is cleverly written so that it is never clear until quite near the end of the film exactly who is the guilty one. Without giving too much away the crux of the story is which one of The Nanny or the 10 year old boy is the unhinged one. Could it be both of them? I have only watched the DVD once, and will probably watch it again just to make sure I've understood it correctly!
This is certainly amongst the 10 best Hammer films I have seem and quite possibly even my top 5.
Movie Review: A must have movie for any Bette fan!!
Summary: 4 Stars
When I was little, my aunt recorded this movie from tv onto a VHS tape and I watched it countless times until that tape wore out! For years, I have looked for it on dvd so I am thrilled that it is finally out! This movie is suspensful and fantastic - you think that the nanny really is up to something...but there is a twist ;) This movie is fun and even though it was made 40 years ago, it doesn't seem dated. If you love Bette Davis, you should own this movie. I'd also recommend the book that Davis' daughter wrote called, My Mother's Keeper.Movie Review: Classic Bette Davis
Summary: 4 Stars
Bette Davis is at her usual creepiness in this classic cult flick. With the new DVD quality and captioning, it's even more fun to watch. Is she to blame for the childs death? OR is the little brother really the architect of this macabre tale. A must have for any Bette Davis collector.Movie Review: English Kabuki
Summary: 3 Stars
It's absorbing in its own way, and it does have some incredible jolts involving children in danger, but this 1965 horror film is mostly of interest for its depiction of British anxieties regarding the corruption of the effete upper classes. Though diehard Bette Davis fans sometimes try to justify her performance here by reasoning her theatrics are in keeping with the material, she really seems like she's from another planet here: her thick eyebrows, strange wig, and whitened makeup make her seem like an elderly Kabuki version of Charlotte Vale in NOW, VOYAGER before her transformation. Wendy Craig, years before her excellent comic work in BUTTERFLIES, delivers a strange expressionistic performance as the mother of the child protagonist that seems pitched to the level of the whole production; William Dix gives a fascinating intentionally dislikable performance as the disturbed child.Movie Review: That Poor cake :-)
Summary: 3 Stars
I have always loved Bette Davis, especialy the older Davis of the 60's where she played, how can I say this, slightly over the top characters.
I always enjoyed The Nanny, but what I find amusing is that as much as a perfectionist Miss Davis was, she and the director missed a pretty funny kind of flaw in the start of the film
There she is, Ms. Davis walking in the street hold a bakery cake box ever so carefully. Then comes a time when she stops to buy flowers, I believe, and she turns that cake box in almost every angle possible to pay for those flowers. When she gets home and opens the box, the cake of course, is perfect.I sure wish I knew her secret. :-)
Aside from that...Bette is, as usual, in top form and the film should be watched just for the fun of seeing Bette go off the mental deep end...once again, as she always does so brilliantly.