I am watching it this afternoon for about the gazillionth time. This film has some of the greatest dialogue ever written for the screen. I love Bette Davis in this film - she is luminous and smart and funny and a bit of a self-indulgent bitch, yes, but also vulnerable and sweet when her guard is down. In an era that didn't really appreciate complex, sexual, powerful women, the full realization of this character is characteristic of what made Bette Davis one of the greatest actresses of all time (and certainly the greatest of her own time) - too few people these days realize just how special she was. Along with The Little Foxes, All About Eve is one of my favorite Bette Davis films.
Plus it features the incomparable George Sanders. I could sit and watch him read the phone book for days.
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