
Boston spinster Charlotte has had her life controlled entirely by her mother; a wealthy mother, Mrs. Henry Vale. Feeling despondent, she's convinced to spend some time in a sanitarium. Soon, Charlotte's transformed into a sophisticated, confident woman. On a cruise to South America, Charlotte meets, and begins an affair with Jerry Durrance, a married architect. 6 months later, she returns home, and confronts her mother with her independence. One day, after a brief argument, h... (Full plot summary below)
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Boston spinster Charlotte has had her life controlled entirely by her mother; a wealthy mother, Mrs. Henry Vale. Feeling despondent, she's convinced to spend some time in a sanitarium. Soon, Charlotte's transformed into a sophisticated, confident woman. On a cruise to South America, Charlotte meets, and begins an affair with Jerry Durrance, a married architect. 6 months later, she returns home, and confronts her mother with her independence. One day, after a brief argument, her mother has a heart attack and dies. Charlotte inherits the Vale fortune but feels guilty for her mother's death. She returns to the sanitarium, where she befriends a depressed, young adolescent, named Tina. The young girls' depression brought on by having been rejected by her mother; Charlotte's former lover, Jerry's wife. Charlotte takes Tina home to Boston with her.
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| Common Sense MediaNell MinowLots of appeal for highly romantic teens. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonCompulsively watchable four-hankie weepie. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonIt's Grade-A schlock, but not without depth: critics have detected feminist overtones in this movie, one in which men prove eminently dispensable in the quest for happiness. |
| The A.V. ClubDonna BowmanWith its bittersweet romance and air of tragic empowerment, Now, Voyager represents the pinnacle of the woman's picture. |
| Slant MagazineJeremiah KippNow, 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. |
| Nick's Flick PicksNick DavisConsummate Warner Bros. melodrama, with Bette excellent as misfit and even better as reborn glamour-puss. |
| EmpireDavid ParkinsonA classic of the weepy genre so have some toilet roll handy. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyA superlative, juicy mother-daughter melodrama with top notch performance from Bette Davis, at the top of her form, and the rest of the cast. |
| DVDTalk.comDavid CorneliusIt's all far more complicated than it needs to be, but then again, what would you cut? |
| Movie MetropolisJohn J. Puccio...romantic and romanticized, sudsy and sentimental...a throwback to an earlier age in Hollywood when movies didn't have to be loud or vulgar to sell a point. |