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The Beguiled
The Beguiled

7.1

The Beguiled

R·1971·105m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director

Don Siegel

Novel

Thomas Cullinan

Screenplay

Albert Maltz

Screenplay

Irene Kamp

Writer

Claude Traverse

Reviews

r96sk

r96sk

January 14, 2022

7

Undeniably creepy. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about <em>'The Beguiled'</em>, 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.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$475,000.00

Revenue:

$1,100,000.00

Keywords

based on novel or book
mississippi river
sexual repression
sexual awakening
seminary
american civil war
wounded soldier
yankee
19th century
southern gothic
girls' school