Beguiled
by Don Siegel
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Actor: Clint Eastwood, Darleen Carr, Elizabeth Hartman, Geraldine Page, Jo Ann HarrisDirector: Don Siegel
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Running Time: 105 minutes
Release Date: 1992-03-01
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: Universal Studios
Studio: Universal Studios
VHS Movie Reviews of Beguiled
Movie Review: Southern Gothic and Eastwood - what a combo!
Summary: 5 Stars
To be honest, I never heard of this movie nor knew about Clint Eastwood's role in it until I came across the DVD in my local library. Well, I took it home, and couldn't play it! So then, I search through Netflix, and of all the good luck, it was available for instant play - and boy, am I glad I watched it! This is definitely uncharted territory for Eastwood, and in a role I'd never envision him in. He does a great job in it and so do all the other cast members, making this one of the most under-rated movies considering the well-written script, the great casting and creepy score.
The story centers around Ms Farnsworth's Seminary for Girls somewhere in the South during the Civil War. Young Amy [Pamelyn Ferdin], one of the girls, is out picking mushrooms when she comes across badly hurt Yank Cpl John McBurney [Clint Eastwood]. She helps him back to the school where the Headmistress Martha Farnsworth [Geraldine Page] is at first determined to hand him over to the Confederates but then decides against it. Prissy schoolmarm Edwina Dabney [Elizabeth Hartman] is also drawn to the charming Yank and so are young Amy and Carol [Joann Harris playing a tarty role here].
Soon, the dashing John is getting the young and not-so-young ladies all hot under the collar and with the Southern heat, things really get toasty! But, this is not your average romance story - it is more of a psychological thriller set against a Southern Gothic backdrop - there is the feisty and hardened Headmistress who is also harboring a secret of her own, the schoolteacher with hidden yearnings, the hussy with an insatiable appetite, and an impressionable young girl experiencing her first crush. Ol' Clint doesn't exactly come across all nice either, so there's plenty of tension here between the main characters. The acting is great on all fronts from Eastwood's charming yet manipulative Yankee to the vulnerable schoolteacher [Elizabeth Hartman], Geraldine Page's aging yet lusty school head and even 'sweet' young Amy [Pamelyn Ferdin]
The great story and casting aside, the creepy score builds up the suspense in a chilling manner and the ending is one of the more memorable ones I've seen in movies. I was quite puzzled as to why this movie is not as well-known as some of Eastwood's other movies, and found that most of his movies that were against type typically didn't do too well at the box-office[Play Misty for Me, White Hunter Black Heart]. Well, personally I liked this movie as well as Play Misty and I would heartily recommend The Beguiled to those who like psychological thrillers, Gothic inspired dramas, and of course, Clint Eastwood!
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