I rated this film 6/10 and agree with most of the comments of Neil Doyle above and some of the more negative ones.This is the fifth time I have seen JS play on film mentally unstable characters, the others being: Ophelia in Olivier's Oscar winning (1948) Hamlet; with her husband of the time, Stuart Granger in "Footsteps in the Fog (1955); with Trevor Howard in "The Clouded Yellow" (1951); with Robert Mitchum in "Angel Face"(1952).Evidentally producers considered JS specialised in these troubled parts.Oh it was a terribly long film at 136 minutes and it was the first time I wished the film editor could have snipped say 30 minutes off the overall time.We had already got the message long before JS started her long overdue mental counter attack versus her husband and step-family.
Immediately I saw JS in an early scene at the mental hospital sporting an obviously artificial blond wig, I irrationally felt less sympathy for her character Charlotte.With her natural beautiful dark brunette looks, the blond wig did not sit well with JS's lovely darkly arched eyebrows.How refreshing then to see Charlotte later in the film with some almost Liz Taylor type dark raven hair and looking more natural.JS looked ravishing!Yes it was a wordy film but the words did not personally resonate with me as they could have been said in fewer sentences.
Immediately I saw JS in an early scene at the mental hospital sporting an obviously artificial blond wig, I irrationally felt less sympathy for her character Charlotte.With her natural beautiful dark brunette looks, the blond wig did not sit well with JS's lovely darkly arched eyebrows.How refreshing then to see Charlotte later in the film with some almost Liz Taylor type dark raven hair and looking more natural.JS looked ravishing!Yes it was a wordy film but the words did not personally resonate with me as they could have been said in fewer sentences.