The Three Faces of Eve
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Movie Reviews of The Three Faces of Eve
Movie Review: Last One Standing Wins
Summary: 5 Stars
I find this film a classic gem. It stars Lee J. Cobb (psychiatrist), Joanne Woodward (Eve White, Eve Black, and Jane), and David Wayne (Eve White's Husband) in some of their finest work. Joanne deserves best-actress Oscar 1957 for this performance.
David Wayne gave a strong performance as the long-suffering husband. He reminds me of my father, a retired career sergeant. Today, and only in the United States, men are almost totally opposite this character, and much less (he's been beaten beyond recognition by political correctness).
This movie is remarkable in its treatment of a true story of a woman named Eve White, traumatized as a child, who split into two alternate personalities named Eve Black and later Jane. Thus, we have Eve White, Eve Black, and Jane, respectively: a bland, docile girl; a party girl; and a normal girl (or rather a balance of the former two). But, it turns out, it was really the personality Jane, who was the real Eve White/Eve Black.
Through the care and expertise (particularly hypnosis) of the doctor (Lee Cobb), the psychotic trio resolved the maddening issue of whose body it is when Jane "remembered" the childhood that neither Eve White nor Eve Black could. It was Jane, as the child Eve, being forced to kiss the dead maternal grandmother that precipitated all this evil. Eve White attempted sublimation with each new personality; it just only got worse.
Simply put, Jane (Eve's real ego) was the one who suffered the pivotal trauma. Then the real ego buried itself first under Eve Black, then under Jane. Haply, Jane, the real ego, outlived them all.
A must see for film aficionados. Although, this is a verified true story, it is also "fictionalized" by Hollywood to reach the masses. As a clinical study, it would not have gotten made. But as roman a clef, it won a best-actress Oscar, and brought mental illness and women's issues to the light. If you are skeptical, watch the DVD commentary, it'll fill in gaps in credibility.
Movie Review: OUTSTANDING FILM!
Summary: 5 Stars
The three faces of Eve is the true story of a woman by the name of Eve White (aka Eve Black, and Jane) who is married and has a child. Eve starts having what she thinks are "blackouts," but eventually learns that she has a split personality. The movie tells the story of Eve's journey to a psychiatrist who helps her determine who the personalities are and how they came to inhabit her body. During the exploration, Eve loses a husband and her child, but then gains a different husband and her child in the end. The fact that this movie is based on a real-life person makes the film all the more compelling.
Joanne Woodward plays the part of Eve, Eve and Jane, and she was unbelievable in this film! Joanne won the academy award in 1957 for her stellar and haunting performance.
The supporting cast is also very good. The film is in black and white. The direction is brisk and the film flows smoothly from scene to scene. The sets are uncluttered and "comfortable."
This movie is superb, and you should definitely add this to your collection!
Movie Review: A True Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Three Faces of Eve" is by far one of the best movies about people with multiple personalities (Alfed Hitchcock's "Psycho" being the other). Joanne Woodward gives an incredible performance as Eve White, a typical housewife with a little daughter who seems to fall under these little "spells" during which she can't remember a thing. Her husband, Ralph, takes her to see a psychiatrist (played brilliantly by Lee J. Cobb) and after a few sessions they find that Mrs. White is home to not one, but two very different personalities - Mrs. Eve White and Miss Eve Black. Eve Black is a fun-loving young woman who enjoys living life - while destroying Eve White's. Soon Eve Black and Eve White both get "spells" and a third personality who calls herself Jane appears. This story is absolutely incredible as in the end only one personality can stay around. I am truly impressed with Joanne Woodward's ability to change between personalities with the drop of a pin, but the most amazing thing to me is that this is a true story.Movie Review: One of Woodward's best performances
Summary: 5 Stars
Joanne Woodward is magnificent in this tour de force about a woman with three very distinct personalities. Tapping into the popular concept that some (many?) people have multiple personalities, Woodward first plays Eve White, reserved, shy, and dull (a "response" to her nincompoop husband, played by David Wayne); then she's Eve Black, a sexy playgirl (a different "response" to her husband, which really ticks him off); finally she's Jane, smart and sure. Lee J. Cobb is the psychiatrist who treats her, mainly with hypnosis, and is often quite funny. Based on a true story, the movie feels very strong and confident, and is compelling throughout; Woodward deservedly won the best actress Oscar. Well done.
Movie Review: The Three Faces of Eve
Summary: 5 Stars
Based on an actual case, "Eve" is a distant precursor to the TV drama "Sybil" (also featuring Joanne Woodward) and broke new ground in Hollywood's treatment of mental illness, while also taking a hard look at prescribed gender roles for women in the 1950s. Few actresses have made a more impressive acting debut than Woodward, starring opposite veteran Cobb, especially since she had three roles to juggle: a dowdy Southern housewife, a libertine, and a pragmatic, cultured woman. She brought off this complex, nuanced characterization with such finesse that she walked away with a Best Actress Oscar.