The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) :
Brief Review -
I wonder how did this thing connect with English families so well? This is more like our Indian problem. The Barretts of Wimpole Street is based on a successful English play of the same name. I am curious to know how this thing connected with those people, who have been known for their open-minded thinking over the years. I have seen hundreds of films that have English or American people having multiple relationships or extramarital affairs, and some of them were even biopics. Now this film made me believe that not all people were the same. It isn't set in the ancient era but quite modern and yet holds so much purity about love and Romance. So basically, this isn't an extraordinary story or something, but rather a simple one. A story of an ill girl who thinks she will be dead soon. Her miserable life is given a second chance by the arrival of a charming poet. However, her tyrannical father opposes her happiness. She had to choose between her father and her lover, and she also had to know the truth. Her sister and brothers are also under the same threat, so her decision also matters for their freedom. You see, there isn't anything out of the world or intellectual here, but a plain, simple romance with a shade of family drama. This is more of a big concern here in my country, India. It still happens in our society that fathers don't allow their daughters to live freely and are against love marriage. We have made many dramatic soaps on the same, so it certainly catches my attention that even many British families too had the same issue (if this film is somewhat true to reality). Norma Shearer is lovely as Ba, Fredric March is charming, and Charles Laughton will get on your nerves with his vocabulary and stern attitude (that's what he is supposed to do). Sidney Franklin's romantic flick lacks something extraordinary, but it is indeed a very adorable ordinary flick.
RATING - 6.5/10*
By - #samthebestest.
I wonder how did this thing connect with English families so well? This is more like our Indian problem. The Barretts of Wimpole Street is based on a successful English play of the same name. I am curious to know how this thing connected with those people, who have been known for their open-minded thinking over the years. I have seen hundreds of films that have English or American people having multiple relationships or extramarital affairs, and some of them were even biopics. Now this film made me believe that not all people were the same. It isn't set in the ancient era but quite modern and yet holds so much purity about love and Romance. So basically, this isn't an extraordinary story or something, but rather a simple one. A story of an ill girl who thinks she will be dead soon. Her miserable life is given a second chance by the arrival of a charming poet. However, her tyrannical father opposes her happiness. She had to choose between her father and her lover, and she also had to know the truth. Her sister and brothers are also under the same threat, so her decision also matters for their freedom. You see, there isn't anything out of the world or intellectual here, but a plain, simple romance with a shade of family drama. This is more of a big concern here in my country, India. It still happens in our society that fathers don't allow their daughters to live freely and are against love marriage. We have made many dramatic soaps on the same, so it certainly catches my attention that even many British families too had the same issue (if this film is somewhat true to reality). Norma Shearer is lovely as Ba, Fredric March is charming, and Charles Laughton will get on your nerves with his vocabulary and stern attitude (that's what he is supposed to do). Sidney Franklin's romantic flick lacks something extraordinary, but it is indeed a very adorable ordinary flick.
RATING - 6.5/10*
By - #samthebestest.