this film be nothing short of a criminal act . be nobody look out for poor and frail ( almost dead ) bette davis . the filmmaker supposedly be try to offer the legend what she want most and to work . but i say that everyone who be involve with the making of this catastrophe that stood by and allow an already dead bette davis to be sham like this be guilty of a crime . a crime against everything that we classic film lover and fan of bette davis hold dear . i realize that bette walk off the film and some say because of her fail health and others say bette ( as sick a she be ) know that this steam pile be beneath her . whatever the reason i be glad that we can at least say that bette walk off because this stain on her glorious career be as bad a i have ever see . i almost turn it off after only 15min and then i force myself to watch until the point that bette walk off . if someone want to see a bette davis film then i recommend they watch all about eve or now voyager or the letter . or if you want to see a farewell performance then watch the whale of august which co star lillian gish and vincent price and ann southern and harry carey jr. in closing i just want to say that i be a film historian and preservationist at heart and i would never think of make my next statement if i do not feel it be the best solution and that be say i feel that this film should be erase from history . all it do be tarnish the memory of one of the great actress that ever grace stage or screen . nothing whatsoever can be gain from view this film and if so i would not say that i feel it should be completely delete . i do not expect everyone to agree with me but i hope that all of you bette davis fan that haven not see this movie yet will please skip this one . then for all the bette davis fan and classic movie lover or buff that have see some or all of this excrement and do not remember bette this way and she be so wonderful and full of life in all about eve and remember her that way . if anyone involve in the making of wicked stepmother read this shame on you . i be add a list of what i consider must see film for film lover so if you do not want to see my list stop here . thanks . here be a few of my favorite dvd that i recommend watch citizen kane orson welles ( 1941 ) casablanca michaelcurtiz ( 1943 ) the third man carol reed ( 1949 ) seven samurai akira kurosawa ( 1954 ) touch of evil orson welles ( 1958 ) rule of the game jean renoir ( 1939 ) singing in the rain stanley donen ( 1952 ) vertigo alfred hitchcock ( 1958 ) charade stanley donen ( 1963 ) double indemnity billy wilder ( 1944 ) go with the wind victor flemming or george cukor ( 1939 ) lawrence of arabia david lean ( 1962 ) the godfather francis ford coppola ( 1972 ) wizard of oz victor flemming ( 1939 ) 400 blow francois truffaut ( 1959 ) the grand illusion jean renoir ( 1937 ) 8 half federico fellini ( 1963 ) the seventh seal ingmar bergman ( 1957 ) the magnificent ambersons orson welles ( 1942 ) the red shoe powell and pressburger ( 1948 ) treasure of the sierra madre john houston ( 1948 ) gaslight george cukor ( 1944 ) the black narcissus powell and pressburger ( 1946 ) the maltese falcon john houston ( 1941 ) now voyager irving rapper ( 1942 ) sunset blvd . billy wilder ( 1950 ) the big sleep howard hawk ( 1946 ) all about eve joe mankiewicz ( 1950 ) north by northwest alfred hitchcock ( 1959 ) the trial orson welles ( 1962 ) laura otto preminger ( 1944 ) the lose weekend billy wilder ( 1945 ) the lady eve preston sturges ( 1941 ) night of the hunter charles laughton ( 1955 ) the searcher john ford ( 1956 ) on the waterfront elia kazan ( 1954 ) battleship potemkin sergei eisenstein ( 1925 ) the general buster keaton ( 1927 ) breathless jean luc godard ( 1959 ) sweet smell of success alexander mackendrick ( 1957 ) latalante jean vigo ( 1934 ) metropolis fritz lang ( 1927 ) out of the past jacques tourneur ( 1947 ) the lady vanishes alfred hitchcock ( 1938 ) mr. arkadin orson welles ( 1955 ) rear window alfred hitchcock ( 1954 ) the killer robert siodmak ( 1946 ) the lady from shanghai orson welles ( 1947 ) ace in the hole billy wilder ( 1951 ) the thief of bagdad michael powell ( 1940 ) and if you be try to discover something that you have never see . then do a search of any of the following director and check out their work . orson welles alfred hitchcock powell and pressburger billy wild ingmar bergman john ford carol reed john houston federico fellini akira kurosawa stanley donen michael curtiz george cukor elia kazan jean renoir frank capra martin scorsese victor flemming jean vigo howard hawk francois truffaut preston sturges .