The Beguiled

The Beguiled(1971)

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01/23/1971 (US)Thriller, Drama, War1h 45m
7.0

"his love...or his life..."

Overview

Offbeat Civil War drama in which a wounded Yankee soldier, after finding refuge in an isolated girls' school in the South towards the end of the war, becomes the object of the young women's sexual fantasies. The soldier manipulates the situation for his own gratification, but when he refuses to completely comply with the girls' wishes, they make it very difficult for him to leave.

Irene Kamp

Screenplay

Claude Traverse

Writer

Don Siegel

Director

Albert Maltz

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A review by r96sk
7.0

Written on January 14, 2022

Undeniably creepy. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about 'The Beguiled', though.

It's definitely one of the more bizarre films that I've seen, intentionally so of course. I'm just not convinced if it's a good film though, it does do a grand job at making the viewer feel uncomfortable but beyond that I'm not sold. Take out the oddness and there's not much there, I feel.

With that said, it undoubtedly leaves an imprint and does what it intends to so I guess it levels out to be something worth watching. Clint Eastwood gives an almost eerily convincing performance, while those behind him are all solid - with the standouts, to me, being Geraldine Page and Mae Mercer.

It's certainly 'out there', you gotta give it that. Overall I have mixed feelings, but I am leaning closer to positive than negative.