ManiakJiggy This is How Movies Should Be Made

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Edgar Allan Pooh . . . was a famous British painter, some if not most Art Historians have come to believe that many of the Old Masters were serial killers of their nude models on the side. (As Julia Child says, "You cannot make a great omelet without cracking a good many eggs.") Art Lovers lament that there don't seem to be many Da Vincis and Michaelangelos splashing paint on canvas nowadays. THE TWO MRS. CARROLLS shows us that the REAL problem is that Society has gotten too squeamish about "cracking eggs" in a good cause, and all the CSI's running around totally curtail Artistic Freedom. God told Saint Joan (in one of His mysterious ways) to have a child predator with scores of kills as lead general of her army. Adolph Hitler and John Wayne Gacy are among a plethora of later historical figures who were frustrated painters at heart. Artist Geoffrey Carroll (Humphrey Bogart) runs into all kinds of resistance and red tape before he even can get to the would-be third Mrs. Carroll. Only Geoffrey's young daughter "Bea" turns out to be a true Art Lover here. The bottom line is that THE TWO MRS. CARROLLS relates why today's world is unlikely to enjoy a new Mona Lisa.

demelza3000 Others have described this movie pretty well, so I just wanted to add a few thoughts. This is a suspense drama released in 1947 starring Humphrey Bogart and Barbara Stanwyck. The plot and actors are OK, but I thought the big winner here was Edith Head. Her gowns and even the lounge wear is stunning in this movie. There is an attempt to portray the good girl in white and the bad girl (Alexis Smith) in black. Hats off to the hair and lighting guys too, Barbara Stanwyck is beautiful throughout. Bogarts' sudden headaches get ridiculous after awhile. The plot point I had the most trouble with is that the daughter only seems to go to school when dad needs to off a wife, yet she talks like a Rhodes Scholar. This movie will hold your attention, it just doesn't completely satisfy.

vincentlynch-moonoi More often than not, my favorite Humphrey Bogart films are those in which he does not play a gangster. And, although he's the bad guy here, he's not gangster. Yet, this is hardly one of my favorite Bogart films. I can't put my finger on it, but he just doesn't seem right for this part, particularly through the first half of the film. And, that the setting is England makes it even more out of place for Humphrey Bogart. If you want to know just how wrong he was for this film -- watch his acting when he discovers his wife didn't drink the milk...reminiscent of the overacting one sees in old silent films.The overall plot is pretty decent. Bogart kills off his first wife (whom you never see) when he falls in love with Barbara Stanwyck, whom he then marries. Then he falls in love with Alexis Smith, and he begins poisoning Stanwyck, as well. Through an odd series of coincidences (believable nonetheless), it dawns on her that he may be poisoning her as well. And, every once in a while, there's some pretty catty dialog which spices up the story. The trouble is that the first half of the movie just doesn't build the suspense in the way that is needed...in fact, there is no suspense. I found myself thinking -- if only Hitchcock had directed! Stanwyck is very good here...as usual...clearly overshadowing Bogart. Alexis Smith as the other woman does well, but is totally unlikable. It's rather sad to see Nigel Bruce as the doctor; he's reduced to same bumbler that he was in the Sherlock Holmes films. Patrick O'Moore is rather good as the other man in love with Stanwyck.I thought it odd that I had never seen this Bogart film. Now I know why -- it's not what it could have been...and mostly because of him. I'm not saying not to watch it. It's watchable. But I doubt it will go on your list of films to watch again.

madmonkmcghee Wow, Bogart and Stanwyck, two of noir's biggest icons in the same movie! This can't fail to thrill....You'd think. Think again.Hard to believe anybody thought this overcooked potboiler was a good vehicle for two of Hollywood's biggest stars. No wonder they kept it on the shelf for two years. None of the story makes much sense, and you keep waiting for a surprising twist, but it never comes. Sort of Bluebeard meets Dorian Gray, with some Gaslight touches thrown in. If only they'd given it the full Gothic treatment it sort of might have worked. As a suburban murder drama it doesn't cut the mustard. Predictable from start to the ludicrous finish, in which Bogart goes way over the top. And Stanwyck as a whimpering housewife? Dear oh dear.Avoid;There are better ways to waste your time.