Rating of
4/4
The Magnificent Ambersons review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 12/10/12
"Life and money both behave like loose quicksilver in a nest of cracks." George Minafer (Tim Holt) was born rich and spoiled by his mother Isabel (Dolores Costello) and Major Amberson (Richard Bennett), his grandfather. Uncle Jack (Ray Collins) and his aunt Fanny (Agnes Moorehead) know something that would affect the Amberson's, inventor/entrepreneur Eugene Morgan (Joseph Cotten) and Lucy (Anne Baxter). Detailed character development, acting sensational, nicely scored and superbly written. This picture me of Magnolia and Royal Tenenbaums, flawed and tragic yet amusing to watch. Great lines on the picture: "You can never tell what will happen at all." - Jack, "In those days, they had time for everything." - Narrator (Welles), and "There aren't any times but new times." - Eugene. The Magnificent Ambersons is an entertaining novel based film on gossips, innovations, change, time for parenting, "comeuppance," forgiveness, love and family. Clearly one of the directors best, and in this critics opinion, underrated and at par with Citizen Kane. A classic in it's own right compared to other self inflicted distraught family related movies.
