Written by James M. Tate / 4/24/2019 / No comments / barbara rush , douglas sirk , fifties , jane wyman , melodrama , new age , rock hudson , romance
DOUGLAS SIRK SERVES 'MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION' W/ ROCK HUDSON
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Rock Hudson you like a Hurricane IV Speedboat YEAR: 1954 |
Especially since his character — a rich, spoiled young man who races a futuristic space shuttle-shaped racing boat — seems not only against the vapid premise, but justifiably fights back when he's blamed for — after suffering a horrible accident — being revived by use of a neighbor's defibrillator that winds absent to help said neighbor who, married to a brooding Jane Wyman, is some kind of New Age Messianic figure before Hollywood pushed such a thing...
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Regular Rating: ** Camp Value: *** |
But what's truly banal about MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION is there's no obsession and nothing magnificent about it, although as searing melodramas go, it's quite unbelievably addictive as Hudson, serving the main plot, helps a much too old Wyman,who winds up blind — again, because of him — while pretending to be someone else: Initially keeping the secret from angst-ridden daughter Barbara Rush. So if you want to see the 1950's in vibrantly painted-looking colors with locales ranging from a gorgeous lakeside community to bouts of European-like exteriors but mostly interiors, this is your bag. But prepare to bag on it as it simply begs the viewer to do so. Then and now.
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The Hurricane IV from Magnificent Obsession take two |
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