Mr. Skeffington Reviews and Ratings



  • November 23, 2009
    Bette Davis da una buena interpretacion, como siempre es carismatica y realmente puede entregar un dialogo, este es otro clasico ejemplo de los personajes que ella elegia que nadie se animaba a hacer, ya que no es la buena en realidad, y no tiene problema con mostrarse natural o ...( read more)fea, lo interesante es que ella logra ser el personaje en todas sus etapas, donde fluye de una manera muy natural, con completa confianza del papel, aun cuando no es la mas bella de joven, ni la mas fea de vieja, como se dice en la pelicula... 7.5/10.-
  • November 3, 2009
    Davis is totally outstanding in her performance, as well as Rains, and Sherman does a perfect job as he fluidly conducts us through more than twenty years of their characters' lives.
  • September 3, 2009
    Claude Rains can definitely hold his own with Bette Davis. Davis' performance seems to forshadow her excellent work in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.
  • August 24, 2009
    Bette is wonderful, as usual, in this great drama!
  • May 9, 2009
    A wonderful showcase for the talents of Bette Davis and yet another opportunity for her to play a most distasteful character.
  • December 2, 2008
    Great film about a beautiful women who marries for security and 25 years later when her looks fade she begins to see what a vain shallow person she really is. Bette Davis and Claude Rains are fantastic in this and the supporting cast is at times dramatic and funny.Great direction...( read more) and the script is very realistic. A nice film, worth a watch.
  • August 6, 2008
    Lovely old classic with Bette Davis playing a vain socialite who married for security and can display nothing but indifference toward her husband (memorably played by Claude Rains) and their daughter but continues to keep men around her simply for the attention. There are enough...( read more) light-hearted moments in this to take the edge off this very heavy film that sometimes is so emotionally excruiating in the way she treats her husband and daughter it's hard to watch; but there is no doubt this is a classic that earned it's reputation by the grand performances of both Bette Davis and Claude Rains and nice supporting role by Walter Able.
  • August 5, 2008
    bette davis is a wide eyed, breathy caricature of herself but claude rains is outstanding as the husband she doesn't love
  • August 4, 2008
    another great Bette Davis performance but the rest of cast is great too
  • April 23, 2008
    i didn't even know this one was out there, but absolutely loved it when i first saw it. one of the great "undiscovered" films with one of the most underappreciated actors in film history, senor mister rains.
  • December 24, 2007
    I felt sorry for Fanny at the end, but you should really watch it, little sad.
  • December 9, 2007
    Great classic old film with a reminder to not be vain.
  • September 4, 2007
    A little long, but a good film.
  • July 19, 2007
    All CLASSICS are GOOD
  • June 24, 2007
    Decent. Entertaining enough, and Bette Davis actually looks pretty in it - well, until she gets old, but oh well.
  • May 12, 2007
    amazing film. bette davis, i love you :)
  • April 17, 2007
    I really related to this movie.
  • April 13, 2007
    BLAH! You'll cry at the ending, and want to kick Bette in the butt for being so mean to her husband.
  • March 24, 2007
    A classic....always love this movie..
  • March 16, 2007
    I love Bette Davis!!
  • March 15, 2007
    Classic BDavis. A major childhood fav. Luv CR always.
  • February 18, 2007
    Masterpiece. Pure art. Claude Rains does it again with the firey Bette Davis. The best scene is the last which makes Mr. Skeffington an A+ in my book!
  • February 6, 2007
    Bette Davis shines as Fanny. Claude Rains is masterful as Mr. Skeffington. The lack of regard for love that Fanny exudes can easily be appreciated by those of us who gave up on love long ago. The ending is perhaps the most enduring element the magnificent film. Love finds Fanny ...( read more)again, at last.
  • January 18, 2007
    claude rains is so good in this movie. their all good ppl and famous.
  • August 4, 2006
    I actually watch this one for Claude Rains, he's absolutely flawless in this.
  • July 10, 2006
    Bette Davis decides not to grow old gracefully, and as a result alienates those that are close to her. Had it's moments, two very strong performances by Bette Davis and particulary Claude Rains but nevertheless kinda tedious and long and just really not my thing. Worth watching f...( read more)or Claude Rains.

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