The Lady Eve, 1941. A card shark and her mark fall in love. Written & directed by Preston Sturges, based on a story by Monckton Hoffe. Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette & William Demarest.
Concept: 1/4 (Bad)
Story: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Characters: 3/4 (Good)
Dialog: 4/4 (Great)
Pacing: 4/4 (Great)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Acting: 3/4 (Good)
Music: 3/4 (Good)
Subjective Rating: 7/10 (Good, 3/4). Pleasant. A different director could have made an extremely tedious movie out of this, but Sturges' timing and pacing are excellent. It's also somewhat risqué and morally ambiguous for the period, which is interesting.
Objective Rating (Average): 2.7/4 (Good)
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