'Hathaway is dazzling in these early passages. Her larger-than-life poise and cool invigorates 'Eileen,' just as it wows the film’s title character,' writes nschager
and various 1940s noirs and 1950s melodramas into something sultry, sinister, and wholly surprising.
With the family matriarch dead and another daughter married and living out of her father’s reach, Eileen is the de facto lady of the house. It’s not, to put it mildly, a position she adores, since her pops is a nasty bastard, whether semi-sober or fully sloshed. He menaces the neighborhood to the point of becoming a recurring problem for local cop Buck , and cruelly telling his kid that she’s one of the world’s many nobodies.
Thrilled by this offer, Eileen shows up in her mother’s dress and fetching make-up, but she’s still unprepared for the magnetic glamor, sensuality, and confidence of Rebecca, which doesn’t just sweep Eileen off her feet—it practically blows her away.Eileen
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