Rotten
The production, mainly because of Michael Curtiz's direction, is unimaginative and badly hoked-up.
Manny Farber, The New Republic
Mildred Pierce
Please don't tell anyone what Mildred Pierce did!
1945 · 1h 51m · Approved
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Michael Curtiz
Overview
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Director and cast
- Michael Curtiz Director
- Joan Crawford as Mildred Pierce
- Jack Carson as Wally Fay
- Zachary Scott as Monte Beragon
- Eve Arden as Ida Corwin
- Ann Blyth as Veda Pierce Forrester
- Bruce Bennett as Albert Pierce
- Lee Patrick as Mrs. Maggie Biederhof
- Moroni Olsen as Inspector Peterson
- Veda Ann Borg Cast
- Jo Ann Marlowe Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The archetypal Joan Crawford movie.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Fresh
A class feature, showmanly produced by Jerry Wald and tellingly directed by Michael Curtiz.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
All this is good melodrama and fair entertainment, but it is much closer to the waltz-time schmalz of Kathleen Norris than to the fox-trot brass of James M. Cain.
TIME Magazine
Fresh
The film is a chilling demonstration of the fact that, in a patriarchal society, when a woman steps outside the home the end result may be disastrous.
Time Out
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