"The Heiress" is a drama set in the mid-nineteenth century, about a girl who is already running out of years to marry, and who has little to offer besides inheritance. When a suitor finally appears, her father protests, firmly convinced that the poor young man is only interested in her money. The heiress, of course, refuses to believe it ...
Impeccable black-and-white cinematography and directing by William Wyler, and theatrics of Olivia de Havilland, who deservedly took home the Oscar, followed by nothing worse performances by Montgomery Clift and Ralph Richardson. But, to me, the story was too lukewarm and the ending utterly disappointing. The film has eight Oscar nominations, but the screenplay is not one of them, and for me, without a good story, there can not be an exceptional movie, no matter how good the other aspects are.
7/10
Impeccable black-and-white cinematography and directing by William Wyler, and theatrics of Olivia de Havilland, who deservedly took home the Oscar, followed by nothing worse performances by Montgomery Clift and Ralph Richardson. But, to me, the story was too lukewarm and the ending utterly disappointing. The film has eight Oscar nominations, but the screenplay is not one of them, and for me, without a good story, there can not be an exceptional movie, no matter how good the other aspects are.
7/10