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sabotai · 02-02-2020, 04:45 PM

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)

Directed By: Sidney Franklin
Written By: David Ogden Stewart, Ernest Vajda, Claudine West
Starring: Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton
Length: 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Based on: 1930 play "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" by Rudolf Besier

1935 Oscar Nominee for Best Picture
1935 Oscar Nominee for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Norma Shearer)

Very easy to tell that this was based on a play. There were only 2-3 sets for the entire movie.

The movie centers around Elizabeth (Norma Shearer). She is bedridden with some illness that she has suffered from for a long time. She refuses to leave the room or even get out of bed most of the time, even though her family and doctor try to encourage her to do so. All except for her overbearing father, who seems to want he illness to go indefinitely as he keeps ignoring the doctor's orders, always telling people to leave her room so she can rest, etc.

And so goes the drama of the film. Father tries to keep the house quiet and Elizabeth confined and alone. The rest of the family encourage her to leave or have visitors. With Elizabeth in the middle of it. She becomes more willing to walk and leave her room. She even tries to begin a relationship and Father tries to torpedo that as well.

And that's basically the movie. Well acted and well written, I thought. But just an okay, generic very-wealthy-family drama movie. Nothing about it really stood out and it wasn't memorable.

My Rating: 5/10
IMDB User Rating: 7.0/10 (1.4k votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 78% Critics (7-2), 72% of Audience (3.7 / 5 ; 328 votes)

02-02-2020, 04:45 PM	#310
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) Directed By: Sidney Franklin Written By: David Ogden Stewart, Ernest Vajda, Claudine West Starring: Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton Length: 110 min. Genre: Drama Based on: 1930 play "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" by Rudolf Besier 1935 Oscar Nominee for Best Picture 1935 Oscar Nominee for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Norma Shearer) Very easy to tell that this was based on a play. There were only 2-3 sets for the entire movie. The movie centers around Elizabeth (Norma Shearer). She is bedridden with some illness that she has suffered from for a long time. She refuses to leave the room or even get out of bed most of the time, even though her family and doctor try to encourage her to do so. All except for her overbearing father, who seems to want he illness to go indefinitely as he keeps ignoring the doctor's orders, always telling people to leave her room so she can rest, etc. And so goes the drama of the film. Father tries to keep the house quiet and Elizabeth confined and alone. The rest of the family encourage her to leave or have visitors. With Elizabeth in the middle of it. She becomes more willing to walk and leave her room. She even tries to begin a relationship and Father tries to torpedo that as well. And that's basically the movie. Well acted and well written, I thought. But just an okay, generic very-wealthy-family drama movie. Nothing about it really stood out and it wasn't memorable. My Rating: 5/10 IMDB User Rating: 7.0/10 (1.4k votes) Rotten Tomatoes: 78% Critics (7-2), 72% of Audience (3.7 / 5 ; 328 votes)