My β β β β β review of Magnificent Obsession (1954) on @letterboxd: https://boxd.it/8WtNbr
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Another moving, human drama with loads of emotional impact. Signed Sirk. (Sirk, the magnificent) Jane Wyman plays her part with sincerity and subtlety. How can you not care for her character Helen Phillips. Rock Hudson gives his character power and life. Actually, what's not to like about this one? As a Sirk fan I might be biased, but I'm also right about this (yet) another grand piece of CINEMA. Richard Brody (The New Yorker): "Every step depends on stifled emotions and closely guarded secrets, resulting in a buildup of operatic passion that endows everyday gestures and inflections with grandeur and
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