Easy on the eyes and consistently entertaining, but difficult for me to get involved in at the emotional or spiritual level at which it apparently wants to engage its audience. Between this and Written on the Wind I'm thinking prime melodrama-era Sirk isn't so much my cup of tea, but I'm still cautiously looking forward to Imitation of Life.
At first it seems like way too large a universe to be condensed into a 2-hour film, but despite a glut of tightly packed exposition it soon becomes evident that for all its would-be grandeur it's quite a small story, and I think it mostly succeeds in its modest ambitions. I was surprised to learn afterwards how critically reviled it was; it seems like something that would get lukewarm reviews but a lot of hate on places like IMDb. Nothing to write home about but I generally like movies where everyone involved seems to be having a lot of fun, and this qualifies for that criterion if nothing else.
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