Rich and Famous, dir. by George Cukor, with Jacqueline Bisset and Candice Bergen.
This is one of the most odious and repellent movies I have seen in many a moon. It’s not that there are not even worse films out there, it’s just that a sixth sense and good fortune have allowed me to avoid them. I was lured into the theater by a dimwit critic who assured her readers that this was a true moviemovie in the style of the great romantic films of the 1930’s. And, after all, here was the octogenerian George Cukor directing a remake of that corny but marvelous old Bette Davis/Miriam Hopkins pictures, Old Acquaintance. Poor Cukor! Poor Bette! Poor audience! If it were not a remake, this misbegotten film would not be so hard to bear.
It’s not that the acting of the two female leads...