Projected for your scrutiny one of the most believable fictitious personalities ever created for celluloid.  The world she inhabits (mentally and physically) is equally credible and compulsively telling.

  Textured themes make repeat viewings consistently engaging, such as the life and death of Hollywood legends or the lingering shadows of Hollywood’s past.  The ending exudes ‘otherworldly’ as Norma Desmond, seemingly possessed, has an out-of-body into-camera-lens departure.

  Raises universal questions about our own lives and futures to ponder.  Who will we become when our careers end?  Will we, like Norma ever cling to the past, ignore reality, become desperate for love, attempt to reclaim former glories?

        » Brent Chastain, Top3films.com