Diagonaldi Very well executed

Helloturia I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Leoni Haney Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

steveo122 This is my favorite Bette Davis film. I lifelong never warmed to her. (Barbara Stanwyck either, but that's another bias.) Because I was young and she was rarely nice, I generally liked BD's movies despite her, but this I liked top to bottom, with her near the top. And nice she ain't. Certainly you can see its theatrical roots and if ever a play translated well to the screen, this is it. Almost everybody in it came from the theater and they are masters. In fact, I am in danger of overusing the word 'masterful' when it comes to this. That the script and dialog can still work so well today is a sign of how mast... If you like Davis; if you like old movies; if you like morality tales of greed and bloodless malevolence...It is also has my favorite performance by young Dan Duryea, who's character for many years after I first saw it embodied the concept of 'human weasel'.

SimonJack The Los Angeles Times review of this film said: "At once timeless, yet timelier than ever in its indictment of greed." That was in the late summer of 1941. Seventy-five years later, the face of greed may have changed and taken on many more looks, but it still is prevalent and ugly as ever in the world today. It is likely to be so until the end of time. So, "The Little Foxes" remains a powerful story of how greed ruins lives, tears families apart, and destroys love. The stage play of "The Little Foxes" must be the most performed of Lillian Hellman's works. It surely is the finest. I was in a college production of it in 1960. This RKO film of the story was a wonderful adaptation – more an embellishment of the stage play. Hellman wrote the screenplay for the film herself. What the stage lacks, this film makes up for wonderfully. In just a few scenes outdoors – with a carriage and small southern town, seeing the African Americans working ("darkies" was a general term of the culture that wasn't derogatory then, but today is taken as offensive), the movie lifts the story out of the strictures of the stage and makes it seem more real. In invites the viewer into the story with some recognition of the time and place. A few versions of the story have been put on film. None can equal this 1941 movie by RKO. The cast seems perfect, and every performance, from the smallest to the largest is flawless. One can't imagine anyone playing Regina better than Bette Davis. Or playing Horace better than Herbert Marshall. Charles Dingle is excellent as Ben Hubbard. Carl Benton Reid is very good as Oscar Hubbard. Patricia Collinge is superb as Birdie Hubbard. And Teresa Wright and Dan Duryea play their roles of Alexandra and Leo perfectly. Alexandra is the daughter of Regina and Horace. Leo is the son of Oscar and Birdie. The screenplay has some characters added that weren't in the original stage play. One of those is David Hewitt played by Richard Carlson. Another is Manders, played by Lucien Littlefield. The supporting cast of actors in the Black roles is excellent. Jessie Greyson plays Addie, and John Marriott plays Cal. There isn't a stereotyped role among them, likely because of Hellman's southern background. This is a wonderful production of a timeless play and morality tale. The film adds a nice touch at the end that the stage play doesn't have. It drives the point home more obviously of the bed of bitterness and loss of love and happiness that Regina has made for herself. She watches out the window as Alexandra leaves, meets David in the rain, and walks out of her mother's life.

oliviadoerrer17 "The Little Foxes" was definitely a movie hard to forget with the great but cringing acting of Bette Davis known in the movie as Regina Giddens. I must admit the storyline was very thought out and well done but also could be a little dragged and boring at times. Regina was definitely portrayed as a bad person in the movie, she only wanted to do things for herself and have what every person thinks will make their life, money. Her selfish attitude only left her with nothing, nothing but herself. It was crazy to think the things she would do and go through with to get what she wanted, she had a loving daughter that cared for her until she was evil and selfish. I thought it was very clever at how the mothers face went into complete darkness at the end, it explains to you that she is now alone because of her actions and thats what she deserves. Overall I personally thought this particular movie was OK, the acting by Davis definitely made it in a good but bad way.

Red_Identity I was sort of expecting a period piece. The film's IMDb poster certainly makes it look like one. But what we have here is a film about power struggles between power-hungry people, and it's definitely not a film that would be a great example of the shining spots of human beings. The entire cast does some great work, but it's Davis who shines the brightest. By this point she's already established herself as a force to be reckoned with, but by this point I think she's surprised many to the depths she was willing to go, seeing as how this is probably one of her absolutely most despicable characters, if not the most (well, discounting Baby Jane of course). She's amazing here and it's definitely an all-time great performance.