Imitation of Life Comments

  • Amiya 2023-04-30 22:13:38

    douglas sek is a...

  • Deshaun 2023-04-28 04:10:41

    It is too obscure, and it is good to understand it after reading...

  • Alisha 2023-04-22 12:21:31

    Is it really true to boycott family melodramas, is the theme going home? I love all the girls who don't play their cards according to common sense, the question is, how do you know if you are Sarah Jane or Medris? Even Medres, the dream of conquering a city can't make you give up a...

  • Deon 2023-04-14 21:15:31

    The greatness of this film is that the director and screenwriter paid attention to two themes and groups at the same time, one is people of color and the other is women. Coincidentally, these two groups are on the rise now. This story is realistic, but it is also based on a world that is separated from too much mundane and built in a beautiful and elegant world. The four women are dependent on each other, but each has its own Appeals and pain; as mothers, one of the sisters wants to break...

  • Elza 2023-04-13 09:08:10

    Pretty contrived. And why it ends with a smile at each other, which makes people think that even if they know it's wrong, they have to have an...

  • Doris 2023-04-12 21:52:40

    Compared with the old version, what the two versions have in common is that the clues of the black mother and daughter are more deeply portrayed, and the conflict between the white mother and daughter is weakened. However, this version changed the heroine's occupation, and further enhanced the spiritual nihilism of communication barriers between people in the middle-class society. The overall narrative of the film is very smooth. It is a family ethics theme that Seck is good at. The ending is...

  • Mireya 2023-03-31 08:34:19

    8.1 A good melodrama is always made up of strong and stubborn characters and moving plots full of happiness and suffering, I think we love them so much because their characters are always good and evil in human nature. And its plots are always a refinement of those important moments in life that are ups and downs and partings, so we appreciate them as if we are examining our own lives and discovering the beauty of the world in...

  • Jaeden 2023-03-28 13:42:13

    4.5 Sirk is really a master of turning corruption into magic. How can he so accurately describe the emotional struggle under the surface of dog blood so delicately? Although it is a women's film about race and class, it also has high-value casting that is very suitable for melodrama, and even the prodigal son's tear-jerking finale that satisfies the audience at the end. But Sirk's cleverness and cunning lies in the bright line dealing with the great sacrifice of black mothers to fulfill the...

  • Andy 2023-03-12 16:11:06

    Obviously everyone is a good person, but the final harvest is a...

  • Hilma 2023-03-11 17:09:33

    4.5, if not then Hollywood is almost O'Connor's novel. It's a very good drama on social issues. I haven't seen such an attractive actor for a long time. The handling of skin color and class issues is a bit frivolous, and the ending is a bit happy. The best scene is when a black mother pretends to be in her daughter's home, unable to recognize each other in front of...

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Imitation of Life quotes

  • Lora Meredith: Now, just a moment, young lady! It's only because of my ambition that you've had the best of everything. And that's a solid achievement that any mother can be proud of!

    Susie, age 16: [tearfully] And how about a mother's love?

    Lora Meredith: LOVE? But you've always had that!

    Susie, age 16: Yes, by telephone, by postcard, by magazine interviews... you've given me everything... but yourself!

  • Annie: Miss Lora, we just come from a place where... where my color deviled my baby. Now, anything here has gotta be better.