OMG, could Ralph Bellamy's character be any more stupid? I know men are infamously dumb where women are concerned, but this is ridiculous.His character almost makes this film impossible to stay with. Anne Baxter is as scary as it gets...
Overall the film could be suspenseful, but is spoiled by the blindness of so many of the characters; this woman showed herself as a nut job, at the very least, upon arrival.
Oh the wife...she kind of sickens me at the end. But then this is the era when wives must forgive anything and not only that, smile about it. Also, deception is always the answer, as they plan to invent a story for the poor befuddled shrink in love with the psycho. But of course, he is just another ignorant male, so nothing matters as long as his tiny brain believes that the lunatic loves him.
This could have been a real "Fatal Attraction" if not so ridiculous. In the last few minutes, while trying to figure out what to do with psycho, hubby and wife smooch and flirt...makes perfect sense, no? Only moments earlier, he was never going to forgive her for distrusting Evelyn, and she was leaving him, child in tow. Now they are lovey-dovey, with psycho still in the house, and they are willing to go into "hock" to keep her in a sanitarium for the rest of her life.
And of course the child's bird plays a pivotal role, even from his grave. That was a given. There is very little in this movie that is not predictable, from the first few minutes.
The ending is anti-climatic, in a dramatic sort of way, if that is possible. You knew that she couldn't be allowed to go on, to continue her path of destruction and having her recover would be even less credible.
My favorite character was Miriam the model, in all of this. She was the only one who seemed to have her brain still functioning, without an agenda of any kind. She doesn't mind being accused of fooling around with husbands, but not when she isn't.
Overall a disappointment, in what could have been a much more entertaining movie. Can't put the blame on the code for such a dumb script-the code didn't state that male characters had to have a double-digit IQ, which is the thing that ruined the movie the most for me. The forgiving wife was a given from the start.
Overall the film could be suspenseful, but is spoiled by the blindness of so many of the characters; this woman showed herself as a nut job, at the very least, upon arrival.
Oh the wife...she kind of sickens me at the end. But then this is the era when wives must forgive anything and not only that, smile about it. Also, deception is always the answer, as they plan to invent a story for the poor befuddled shrink in love with the psycho. But of course, he is just another ignorant male, so nothing matters as long as his tiny brain believes that the lunatic loves him.
This could have been a real "Fatal Attraction" if not so ridiculous. In the last few minutes, while trying to figure out what to do with psycho, hubby and wife smooch and flirt...makes perfect sense, no? Only moments earlier, he was never going to forgive her for distrusting Evelyn, and she was leaving him, child in tow. Now they are lovey-dovey, with psycho still in the house, and they are willing to go into "hock" to keep her in a sanitarium for the rest of her life.
And of course the child's bird plays a pivotal role, even from his grave. That was a given. There is very little in this movie that is not predictable, from the first few minutes.
The ending is anti-climatic, in a dramatic sort of way, if that is possible. You knew that she couldn't be allowed to go on, to continue her path of destruction and having her recover would be even less credible.
My favorite character was Miriam the model, in all of this. She was the only one who seemed to have her brain still functioning, without an agenda of any kind. She doesn't mind being accused of fooling around with husbands, but not when she isn't.
Overall a disappointment, in what could have been a much more entertaining movie. Can't put the blame on the code for such a dumb script-the code didn't state that male characters had to have a double-digit IQ, which is the thing that ruined the movie the most for me. The forgiving wife was a given from the start.