the characterization and act be generally acceptable in this movie but the script let them down . there be many instance where the dialog make no sense and in other case it be just unintentionally humorous . example while when jennifer arrive and everyone be in the drawing room and eva make her entrance . she completely miss the existence of the only stranger in the room while jennifer . then and upon see this stranger stand there and she fail to realize that this be her cousin who be expect ( should have pick you up at the station ) . how could she not instantly know who this be . later jennifer ask eva what the doctor say about ted and she reply and do you see how the doctor tremble a he speak to me . you would think he would never see a beautiful woman before . for the life of me i can not figure out who she be refer to while it couldn not have be herself . while crawford be not mud ugly she certainly be not beautiful by 55 standard or by today . with her long square face and too intense eye and and caterpillar eyebrow she be far from beautiful ( handsome and perhaps ) . and while the above line alone wouldn not have be sufficient to criticize and similar reference to her beauty appear often enough to insure this wasn not unintentional . then you have get to wonder what hold this woman have over these people . she wasn not pretty and charismatic and rich and or sexy so what be it . to steal a line from 10 thing i hate about you while wha wouldoes she have and beer flavor nipple . and the character keep go on about how nice eva could be when you first meet her what . at no point in this movie could eva be consider nice . this lack of likable side ruin the opportunity to contrast nice with mean leave a one dimensional character rather than the intended schizoid persona . lastly and the scene where eva be inform by jennifer of carol suicide be absolutely hilarious . totally out of character and overact and with ridiculous smearing of coal cream on the mirror . what be that about . while i enjoy the movie it be far from great and only approach good . negative .