Rating: - Katharine Hepburn in a Joan Fontaine role???
The first thing that came to my mind as I was watching this movie was "How in the world did Katharine Hepburn get this role?" She did a great job, as usual, but this was definitely a Joan Fontaine role. Joan Fontaine shines in this type of movie. Katharine Hepburn just fits so much better in her roles as a strong, independent woman, than a scared (supposedly) and timid young woman.
Katharine Hepburn plays Ann Sheridan, the smart daughter of a scientist (this part actually reminded me of some of her other roles), who falls in love with Robert Taylor. The two of them get married, and she realizes ... Read More
Rating: - There was a taut B-movie noir struggling to get out, but it died trying because of overwrought directing and acting
Take a few dark and stormy nights, fog coming in from the coast, obsession and doubt, two brothers who have a mysterious connection based on hatred, a suspicious disappearance, a shoe in the night silently grinding out a glowing cigarette butt, and, finally, a tremulous heroine who finds herself threatened as much by her own doubts as by one -- but which one? -- of the men around her. Sounds like we might have a good 80 minute noir. Instead, under the direction of Vincente Minnelli and with two A-list leads, Katharine Hepburn and Robert Taylor, Undercurrent becomes a nearly two-hour matinee melodrama, ... Read More
Rating: - Film Noir Psychological Thriller..!
This movie starts out slowly but builds as things just don't seem right in the Garroway family. The movie will hold your attention as the story builds to a climax with "the truth" finally revealed at the end. Robert Taylor plays the brother of Mitchum and the husband of Hepburn. He is hiding a secret and is not what he seems. One of my favorite thrillers.
Rating: - Surprising
I thoroughly enjoyed this film. While it was a departure for Ms. Hepburn, it was intriguing to see her go through the ups and downs as a damsel in distress, if for no other reason than to see her do something against type. Since I'm used to seeing her in strong female roles, it was interesting to see her play someone who was a victim. The whole cast did a great job. Of course, I wasn't looking for the film to be flawed, I was expecting to enjoy it. Maybe that's the difference between me and those who didn't like the film.
Rating: - What were they thinking?
In one of the few times she ever played a genuinely frightened person in her entire life, Katharine Hepburn stars in this silly but very expensive melodrama from MGM. The dowdy daughter of a New England university chemistry professor (who keeps his laboratory, which she also uses, adjoining the family dining room), she is wooed by millionaire manufacturer Robert Taylor, who whisks her off to his Georgetown mansion to introduce her to Washington high society and dress her according to his supposedly exquisite taste in women's clothing. (The outfits, by Irene, are so horribly unflattering on Hepburn they ... Read More
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