The Whales of August

Rating:
Summary: top movie
Review: When I watched this as a young man of 20 I fell in love with it. It is not an action film. It is a beautiful story of deep characters as they find themselves having become old. It is a story of reclaiming yourself, even at the end of your days.

It is one of the last films of Bette Davis and Vincent Price. They gave magnificent performances that I still treasure. I have waited a long time for this to come on DVD!! One of my favorite quotes is from Bette Davis. She was told by her sister that "Memories fade with time." Bette, portraying her blind sister, proudly proclaims in her best Bette Davisness - "That has not been my experience!"

Rating:
Summary: One of my favorite films
Review: When I watched this as a young man of 20 I fell in love with it. It is not an action film. It is a beautiful story of deep characters as they find themselves having become old. It is a story of reclaiming yourself, even at the end of your days.

It is one of the last films of Bette Davis and Vincent Price. They gave magnificent performances that I still treasure. I have waited a long time for this to come on DVD!! One of my favorite quotes is from Bette Davis. She was told by her sister that "Memories fade with time." Bette, portraying her blind sister, proudly proclaims in her best Bette Davisness - "That has not been my experience!"

Rating:
Summary: Wonderful movie, perfect stars.
Review: Yes, yes, they are old, they are feeble, they do not look like the glorious actors they were. However, rarely a movie has moved me like this one. Nothing really happens, nothing extraordinary occurs, there are no surprises, no scandals. But what a beautiful nothing!! The passing of quiet days, the extraordinary relationship between two so, oh so, differente sisters, the small vanities, the memories, all beautifully, beautifully acted. Davis, Gish, Price, Sothern, what a magical crew for such a magical, sweet, beautiful, little movie! They might not be the glamorous "stars" of today, but they are the giants of winter.

Rating:
Summary: top movie
Review: You need to be an adult to enjoy this movie. Betti Davis is just great. The film it self is just beautiful and Lilian Gish is fantastic. The ocean is very pretty and their home is great. I have only owned it a little over a month and I have watched it already three times. I truly love Betti Davis and even though she is really old in this movie she still is great.

Buy it, you will enjoy it.