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Manny Farber, The New Republic
Lauded Ingrid Bergman's performance for its high quality, highlighting her ability to portray complex emotions and make static scenes meaningful.
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
Directed byGeorge Cukor
Written byWalter Reisch, John L. Balderston, John Van Druten, Patrick Hamilton
Budget$2 million
Critical Consensus
7.8
IMDb
78
Metacritic
7.5
TMDB
Gaslight (1944) received significant critical acclaim, earning Academy Awards and achieving a 94% approval on Rotten Tomatoes. It is considered a classic and was inducted into the National Film Registry for its cultural, historical, and aesthetic significance.
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The 1944 film "Gaslight" was a remake of a 1940 British film, featuring a larger scale and budget than its predecessor.
To avoid confusion with the earlier British version, George Cukor's "Gaslight" was initially titled "The Murder in Thornton Square" in the UK.
"Gaslight" received critical acclaim and earned seven Academy Award nominations, winning Best Actress for Ingrid Bergman and Best Production Design.
In 2019, the Library of Congress selected "Gaslight" for preservation in the United States National Film Registry due to its cultural, historical, or aesthetic significance.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's acquisition of remake rights included a clause demanding the destruction of all existing prints and even the negative of the 1940 original film.
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Rotten Tomatoes
Praises George Cukor's adaptation, noting Ingrid Bergman's suspenseful standoff against Charles Boyer for its thrilling and melodramatic effect.
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Emanuel Levy
Identified the film as a paranoia-soaked period film noir, analyzing its place within a 1940s cycle of films about threatened wives.
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Bosley Crowther, The New York Times
Applauded Charles Boyer's hypnotic performance and Ingrid Bergman's distressing portrayal, noting all actors played their roles 'right to the hilt'.
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