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(2019) This film is better on 2nd viewing. The dialogue is rapid at times and the narrative a bit confusing. (It isn't really but I admit those are the reasons I liked it better the 2nd time around.) Gilda was THE film that enshrined Rita in the goddess pantheon. She was not this good before or after, but she didn't need to be. A performance like this in a movie like this is guaranteed admission to goddesshood forever. Gilda has many elements of film noir but deviates from that genre in some ways. The strange love triangle strangely intimates Rita's real life in its turbulence. If you're not a film buff, skip it. But if you know you're opinionated about movies, this is one to fight over.