A downtrodden southern housewife (Joanne Woodward) begins to
exhibit strange behavior at home before a second, reckless personality
manifests itself followed by a third, more normalized one. With the help of a
psychiatrist (Lee J. Cobb), she seeks treatment and gradually begins to
eradicate the more flawed. The Three Faces of Eve, straightforward and plainly
directed, seems like a phony, shallow representation of the rare psychological
condition despite the ‘true story’ touting of the opening monologue and the
screenplay participation of two of the real life shrinks involved in the case.
That being said, Woodward is the whole show here, impressively versatile as the
three distinct personalities. Cobb is strong but hardly credible as the
sensitive psych doctor.
*** out of ****
