Review of All That Heaven Allows

First, the directing is great. The lighting, the colors, it all brings a fake, yet cosy feeling to the movie, like that from an Christmas card. I actually liked it, and was reminded of Micheal Powells films. The acting is good, except in the emotional parts where the melodrama goes a little overboard. I usually tolerat this in older movies. Not here. The story and the melodrama just played out to conveniently, and even though the subject was handled nicely, i never felt quite convinced. The characters were to sharply drawn. Especially Ron, who never felt very believable.

In hindsight the movie does feel better, but i was pretty irked during its running time, and the ending shot of the dear sure didn't help.