A young woman marries a wealthy widower and has to battle the shadow of his dead first wife, Rebecca. It is always difficult to come second. But it is especially so when the one that came before is seemingly perfect, and you just can't seem to measure up no matter how hard you try. We've seen this with secondborns, with job replacements and, of course, when doing orals in class second.
The original 1940 film was Alfred Hitchcock's first American film that he directed and his only film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. It starred Laurence Olivier as Maxim, Joan Fontaine as the second Mrs de Winter, and Judith Anderson as Mrs Danvers. It is intimidating for anyone to have to replicate a Hitchcock film, especially one that is as revered as.
Even more miscast was Armie Hammer as Maxim de Winter. Maxim's character is generally much older than the protagonist, adding an uneven power balance to their relationship. This version makes them around about the same age and it feels more like a melodramatic romance between a couple than the psychological thriller that the original source material is. Hammer is good looking, but he lacks the ambiguity that Laurence Olivier and the character in the book had.
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