All About Eve

All About Eve (1950)

a film by Joseph Mankiewicz

A fable about ruthless ambition, All About Eve is a great story told through the characters. It is a great satire of the entertainment industry and also a story of the individuals that are part of that industry. The great achievement of this entertaining film is to form a puzzle of characters that fit as the story progresses and we get to know all about Eve.

All about Eve is the story of Margo Channing, an aging Broadway star and Eve Harrington, a helpful young fan who appears in Margo's life, ultimately threatening her career and her personal life in an ambitious search for success.

This movie is a great example of the character development as a mean to tell a story. Very theatrical in its setup, this film acquires its rhythm and engaging atmosphere by showing the relationships of the characters, no wonder why this film go enormous recognition for the work of the actors on it. Bette Davies is sharp and magnificent in her role of the aging star, both strong in her stardom and vulnerable in her personal life. Anne Baxter passes from good to evil in a few photograms and all the cast make a great mosaic in which the story becomes engaging.

All about Eve is a film that is easy to love, is one of the great products of the Hollywood actor system with a fresh and entertaining story with a sense of criticism and satire.