Cousin Bette

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Summary: Please - before the 1972 videotape disintegrates!
Review: Oh PLEASE - whoever has the rights to dub off the original 1972 Masterpiece Theater TV series of 'Cousin Bette' do so and make it available on DVD. This was one of THE finest shows ever created for television. Truly, it totally eclipses the 1998 movie version and now, 40+ years later, I fear it will soon not be physically possible to render this production to DVD. For the sake of one of the theater (and humanity's) most glorious theatrical efforts, PLEASE make the original TV version available! (BTW - I rate the ORIGINAL item at 5+ STARS!)

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Summary: Awesome!
Review: Ok. When I first had to see this movie with my girlfriend, I wasn't expecting much: just another one of those "chick-flicks". But the time period was re-created wonderfully, Elisabeth Shue played better than I've ever seen her, and the plot twists are- perfect! I strongly recommend this movie to anyone: watching a glamorous society family slowly fall apart by the doing of one devious woman was captivating. if you like that sort of thing, go see it!

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Summary: Jessica Lange is excellent as Bette.
Review: This is a story of revenge as though Shakespeare had written it. Jessica Lange becomes Bette and you find yourself on her side from the start. All the actors are believeable and the story carries you along. If you enjoy british period films, this one is for you.

Rating:
Summary: Jessica Lange is excellent as Bette.
Review: This is a story of revenge as though Shakespeare had written it. Jessica Lange becomes Bette and you find yourself on her side from the start. All the actors are believeable and the story carries you along. If you enjoy british period films, this one is for you.

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Summary: Year's best
Review: This movie is the *ULTIMATE* in slow, calculated revenge. After decades of being wronged by her family, Lange finally enacts a revenge which is so sweet, so plotted, that you have to see it to believe it. I have seen this movie so far 8 times in the theater, and every time, it leaves me wanting more.