All About Eve
It's all about women... and their men!
It's all about women... and their men!
Drama
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1950
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From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
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Rated:
Passed
Runtime:
139 min
Release date:
6 Oct 1950
Country:
US
Languages:
English, French
Budget:
$1,400,000
Revenue:
$8,400,000
Awards:
Won 6 Oscars. 26 wins & 20 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
The hoped-for tone of Restoration comedy never quite materializes, perhaps because Mankiewicz's cynicism is only skin-deep, but the film's tinny brilliance still pleases.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
12 Dec 2006
fresh:
[Features] more quotable dialogue in one movie than most screenwriters manage in a lifetime.
– Trevor Johnston,
Time Out,
16 Aug 2007
fresh:
The Zanuck production investiture is plush in every department.
– Abel Green,
Variety,
30 Jan 2008
fresh:
What makes the picture seem so good (what makes it eminently worth seeing) is the satirical touches in its detail and the performance of Bette Davis.
– Robert Hatch,
The New Republic,
23 Jan 2013
fresh:
Joseph Mankiewicz was Hollywood's midcentury master of comic drama, and All About Eve, from 1950, was one of his signal achievements.
– Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
25 Feb 2014