2026 Blind Spot Series: Suddenly, Last Summer

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I'm back with my completely inconsistent Blind Spot Series picks! I swear I'm still trying to look behind, instead of just looking ahead when it comes to movies. And I'm starting the year off with one that I've been meaning to watch for quiet some time.

What I knew going in: That I keep mixing this up with Splendor in the Grass

I have no idea why I was getting the plot of this movie mixed up with Splendor in the Grass, a film that has NOTHING to do with this, but either way, when I started this film with a lobotomy, then was treated with a grand elevator entrance from Katherine Hepburn, I knew I was in good hands. 

Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor are chewing so much scenery in this. I loved every minute of their monologues. They were so good that poor Montgomery Cliff just didn't know what to do. He seemed stunned in every scene he had to interact with them. I found it unintentionally amusing how lost he looked. I know he was having some personal struggles around the time he made this, so I'm not saying this to be negative, but it was very noticeable for me who was really doing the heavy lifting here.

I should've expected this from a Tennessee Williams play, but I was SO caught off guard at what actually happened to Catherine's cousin. It was so much more dramatic than I was expecting.

I really enjoyed this. I do think it borders on camp a bit, and some scenes are staged very awkwardly, but I was hooked. I'm glad I finally checked this off the list.

Grade:B+

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