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3.0 out of 5 stars
Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier in dull courtroom drama, January 27, 2008
Fans of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier will be the only ones who'll appreciate this very ordinary courtroom drama, which plods along despite a relatively-brief 75 minute running-time.
Based on a story by John Galsworthy, TWENTY ONE DAYS revolves around the reckless younger brother of an esteemed court barrister, who accidentally kills the ex-husband of his girlfriend and dumps the body in a back-alley. A harmless tramp later gets arrested for the crime, leaving the young man to have a total conflict of conscience, aware of the consequences in store for his brother's reputation.
This was released in 1940, a year after Vivien Leigh's worldwide triumph in GONE WITH THE WIND. Her performance is very mannered and stage-bound, you'd never believe this girl would also provide (within the space of 12 months) the most amazing flesh-and-blood performance ever seen on the screen with Scarlett O'Hara. Similarly, Laurence Olivier rarely registers with the kind of screen magnetism he'd later exude with such latter-day movies as THE ENTERTAINER.
TWENTY ONE DAYS is hardly a classic of the genre, but for fans and admirers of Leigh and Olivier, it will be a fine title.
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