I couldn't believe the over-acting on Russell' part...those flashbacks and then the look of alarm on her face....you expected to hear, "DA-DA- DAAA!!!" every time this happened. The part at the beginning when there was a tour of the mansion and all those portraits hanging on the walls of prominent family patriarchs...those portraits were obviously painted in about a half an hour...pretty lame. Good depictions overall of the the time period...I particularly liked the two-wheeled carriage where the driver'seat was located above the rear and the doors in front were opened automatically by a lever. Kirk Douglas, in only his third film, displayed his superior acting ability and made the rest of the cast seem like amateurs by comparison. This film was confusing, boring, poorly directed and paced, and with the exception of Douglas, the acting was laughably atrocious - like a Saturday Night Live parody.
Review of Mourning Becomes Electra
