4/5: Gripping, dramatic, and disturbingly moving.
RELEASE: 1940
Premise: A demure ladies' companion under an unpleasant middle aged American woman meets and falls in love with a widower, Maximilian de Winter, during a stay in Monte Carlo. The two get married and return to de Winter's Manderlay estate in Cornwall. The new Mrs de Winter struggles to cope with aristocratic life, Maxim's personal demons, and the iron grip that the deceased Rebecca de Winter holds on all those a round her.
Overall: Though the film may strike some as purely a romantic drama, I appreciated the film as a psychological thriller, with characters so disturbed and warped to the point where the film can be considered to be psychological horror. The performances were all stupendous, especially that of Judith Anderson as Mrs Danvers. The only complaints I have about the film concern the speed of the dialogue (most of the time the actors talk faster than hyperactive Cali' girls) and the protagonist being a sort of damsel in distress.
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