Imitation of Life was a very enjoyable movie with characters and actors that knew how to truly spark emotion. The pacing of this movie in my opinion is pretty quick and energetic, just as Claudette Colbert's character Beatrice Pullman. The beginning of this movie moves pretty quickly, the pacing of the movie's in world time can be measure by how quickly the two girls in this movie grow. While the pacing of the movie may have been quick, what I enjoyed the most was the genuine and heartbreaking emotion conveyed when Fredi Washington's character Peola, breaks her mother's heart, eventually leading to her early death. The conflict between Peola wanting to make her own life and success for her self without her mother's money is constantly undermined by her reality of being a black woman. The Imitation of life truly was an emotional experience.
Review of Imitation of Life
