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What Ever Happened
to Baby Jane? (1962)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 5/05, 12/13

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5/05: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? is a classic movie about psychosis.

Bette Davis is haunting and chilling in her portrayal of Baby Jane Hudson. Joan Crawford shines as her sister Blanche. However, the pace is torturous, and there are several logic flaws.

For instance, why couldn't Blanche call out to her female neighbor or drop objects from the window to signal for help? And why didn't she try to sneak out in the middle of the night to call the cops? Why a doctor? Sure, the bedroom door was locked, but it didn't appear so from the beginning.

I wish I was offered more insights into what happened to Baby Jane and what caused her decline by being shown a panorama of events, but the filmmakers prefer to hide it just to keep me guessing.

All in all, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? is a nice suspense movie.

12/13: Here is an important question: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

And my answer is: who the hell cares? It's a two-hour long film about a failed child actress. Of course, there are a litany of them in real life, so once again, why should I care? Andy Warhol once said, "Everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes," and all of that time had already been used up by these failed real-life child stars a long, long time ago.

All in all, I shudder when I think of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? as it's a rip-off of Sunset Boulevard.