The Grand Guignol elements themselves are relatively forced and unconvincing.
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01/26/06
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
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Reviews Counted:37
Fresh:33
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 15 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: As a child, Jane Hudson (Bette Davis) was a pampered vaudeville star known to the world as Baby Jane while her younger sister, Blanche (Joan Crawford), led a quiet life in her considerable shadow.... [More]
Starring: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Anna Lee
Director: Robert Aldrich
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Reviews for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Crawford wisely underacts -- if her performance isn't as showy as Davis's, it's not any less accomplished.
09/24/07
A chilling, disturbing movie.
12/04/04
It's a film that's a little slow to start and could benefit from a faster pace. But this is still essential viewing with the superb Davis in legend mode and Crawford wisely under-playing her role as the victim.
01/01/00
Depending on your sensibilities, the film is either a black camp comedy or psychological horror %u2013 either way, it's hugely entertaining
02/20/09
A truly compelling portrait of a washed-up child star; even more compelling is the story of the peripheral people who suffer because of the misery of a washed-up child star.
07/26/02
There is nothing particularly moving or significant about these two.
05/20/03
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10/04/02
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08/22/03
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10/09/05
Sick! Sick! Sick!
09/24/06
Creepy, freaky and memorably histrionic.
09/24/07
The film will be remembered only for the acerbic performances by the two grand old ladies of Hollywood.
01/07/04
Aldrich's direction and dynamite performances from the two old troupers make this film an experience.
09/24/07
A Gothic Hollywood horror tale at its most grotesque, Robert Aldrich's Oscar-nominated film revitalzed the careers of both Bette Davis (overacting) and Joan Crawford (underacting), turning them into campy horror queens.
07/01/05
...uniquely haunting and hilarious...Davis and Crawford energize this off-kilter psychological drama with calculating, campy performances
05/28/03
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06/04/04
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09/17/02
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12/06/02
as close to genre perfection as one is likely to come
11/16/05
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