Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:16
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: This genuinely perverse and fascinating film noir, filmed in incredibly rich Technicolor, is the tale of a woman's obsessive desire to possess her husband, exclusive of anyone else in the world. ... [More]
Starring: Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price
Director: John M. Stahl
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Reviews for Leave Her to Heaven
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Mental illness never looked so seductive or bit with such a ferocious over-bite as from Gene Tierney's demented character. Full Review |
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Stahl's use of space and the performances in Leave Her to Heaven...suggest he was at least the equal of the much-exalted Sirk as an artist of melodrama. Full Review |
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5/6 |
A 'film noir in color' and a masterpiece of post-WWII American cinema. Full Review |
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Tierney's Ellen Berent [is] one of cinema's most chilling psychopaths. Full Review |
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As for the brother’s death, with Ellen looking on coolly in white robe and shades, it remains one of the most perturbing in the history of Hollywood. Full Review |
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Has emotional power in the jealousy theme but it hasn't been as forcefully interpreted by the leads as it could have been in more histrionically capable hands. Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
Everything is beautiful in Leave Her to Heaven. In fact, too beautiful. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
A fevered yet clinical study of jealousy, Leave Her to Heaven is probably John M. Stahl's best-known film. Full Review |
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5/5 |
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3.5/4 |
Notable for its exquisite Technicolor cinematography, used in direct contrast to the story's dark, noirish qualities. Full Review |
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Though the story is involving enough to make this film a classic, it is perhaps more rightly renowned for its Technicolor cinematography and original set and costume design. Full Review |
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A wonderfully absurd melodrama. Full Review |
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Most splash-color, outrageous soap ever; Tierney is fabulous
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Classic story of the ultimate narcissist.
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It may be absurd, and even risible, but its single-minded concentration has its own kind of fascination and power. Full Review |
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