Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

BlazeLime Strong and Moving!

Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

Tobias Burrows It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

JohnHowardReid It's ironical that many picturegoers who were always so fussy about production values and would always insist on the glossiest of glossy mountings, suddenly became so content to settle for fourth-rate, absolutely-no-frills fare on their TV receivers. Of course, one cost money, the other - once purchased -- was ostensibly free. One necessitated getting dressed, braving the weather and going out, whilst the other required only the use of a nimble finger to turn the switch. However, although TV was introduced into Australia in 1955, it wasn't until 1960 that the boob tube even started to make any inroads at all into cinema attendances. So it's no wonder that flawed films like A Life of Her Own continued to take real money in Oz right through the 1950s.And M-G-M did pour an enormous amount of cash into this verbose but decidedly grim soap opera, most of it wasted and not realized on the screen. As for the movie itself, I agree entirely with director, George Cukor, who told me, "What I shot was cut to ribbons, but it was an awful movie in any case. I've tried to forget it."

evening1 On the surface this is a tearjerker about an extramarital affair.But Lana Turner also turns in a thoughtful performance touching on more difficult themes including fears about getting old, selflessness, and self-respect.The affair between Lily and dapper, married Steve (Ray Milland) is convincing, although they never are shown so much as kissing in this black-and-white weepie from 1950. However, nothing much has changed in the dynamics of trying to be happy at someone else's expense.It's interesting to see the beautiful Ms. Turner not winning the man in the end. Here she winds up lonely but stronger and wiser. I don't mind a message now and then and this one's a goodie.

moonspinner55 Kansas girl makes a splash in New York City as a print model, but her love affair with a married man may ruin her. From the era where independent career girls were only ambitious until a man entered the picture, this "woman's movie" is naive and rather unconvincing, though it is seldom soft; the knowing dialogue has a sharp, bitter edge, and the performances are solid, making it a cut above the usual soap opera. Isobel Lennart's screenplay is dotted with cutting little truths--too many, perhaps; often, the greedy masochism is underlined with a moral conscience (and tinkling piano keys) which turns the whole thing into a heavy-breathing melodrama for sufferers on the high road. Lana Turner does a lot of striding up and down, and she seems too seasoned to be a novice in the film's opening scenes, but her desperate gaiety is touching. Ray Milland does his usual colorless nice-guy turn, but Ann Dvorak is startling playing an over-the-hill model and Margaret Phillips (as Milland's wife--an invalid who beams with sanity and understanding like a saint) is excellent in the film's big scene, where the two women meet. Not an important picture, nor a provocative one, but a star-vehicle that does manage to touch upon some resonant truths about women, their careers, and their fragile hearts. **1/2 from ****

MartinHafer Wow, my summary sounds like comments made about an off-brand paper towel! Lana Turner is a nice girl from Kansas who comes to the big city to become a model. Because of her grit, determination, moxie AND, most importantly, fantastic looks, she makes it big. But instead of being on top of the world, she is depressed because she falls for a married man.Overall, is a thoroughly adequate film with decent acting but a story that just never engaged me very well--partly because the relationships seemed rather silly and superficial and also because it was hard to feel sorry for Lana in the film. Despite her complaining about how "life isn't fair", it's really hard for the average person to feel sorry for this woman, as she's a very successful super-model who is sad she can't have a particular married man (Ray Milland). Since she lives in New York, I assume there must be at least a few nice single guys! Also, because Milland wants to sleep with Lana while he's married to a very nice lady, he comes off as a bit of a jerk as well.On the positive side, though the film seems to initially make their romance seem like a good thing, it later shows that there is a wife and she truly loves her hubby. This is NOT a victimless crime. It's not a bad morality tale, but had I cared more about Lana and Ray, it would have been a lot better.