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- 1942
- Approved
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 57 m
- 1942
- Approved
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 57 m
Summary A frumpy spinster blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman.
Directed By: Irving Rapper
Written By: Casey Robinson, Olive Higgins Prouty
- 1942
- Approved
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 57 m
- 1942
- Approved
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 57 m
Now, Voyager
70
6.0
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Summary A frumpy spinster blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman.
Directed By: Irving Rapper
Written By: Casey Robinson, Olive Higgins Prouty
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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83% Positive
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17% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
70
83% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
17% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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With its bittersweet romance and air of tragic empowerment, Now, Voyager represents the pinnacle of the woman's picture.
Now, Voyager is the stuff of young lovers and hare-brained idealists, and if it can feel pretty foolish at times, it’s unforgettable for how sincere and affectionate it is toward one particularly time-honored cliché: that only fools falls in love.
A high-grade Bette Davis soap opera that finds her playing a repressed Boston spinster rescued by her suave psychiatrist (Paul Henried, who figures in the film's famous cigarette-lighting scene). [18 Dec 1988, p.5]
The women's weepie angle gets to be a bit of a slog later on, but it is all wrapped up as a mesmerically glittering package by Rapper's direction, Sol Polito's camerawork, and Max Steiner's lushly romantic score.
Now, Voyager may not have the fine balance of some of Davis’ best films—Jezebel is probably the place to go for that—but it’s still, in its stronger moments, a fine showcase for an iconic actress.
For all its emotional hair-splitting, it fails to resolve its problems as truthfully as it pretends. In fact, a little more truth would have made the film a good deal shorter.
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Based on 6 User Ratings
6.0
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User Score
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Based on 6 User Ratings
6.0
67% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
17% Mixed
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17% Negative
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
National Film Preservation Board, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Picturegoer Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
