6/10
"I want my share of the cake now."
7 August 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Another reviewer suggests a second viewing, which I found myself doing without the recommendation. I dozed off the first time and thought I missed some nuance. I really didn't, but the second time allowed me to catch how often Seymour Johnston (Hurd Hatfield) deliberately hid his right side profile, although if you watch closely, there's an early scene in Aunt Muriel's (Mildred Dunnock) parlor when he turns favorably to the right and the embarrassingly huge birthmark isn't there to be seen. It's interesting in stories like this how the unseen original owner of the wallet, Antonio Bertani, never stepped forward to question the suspicious expenses that Seymour accrued to his bank balance. I thought perhaps that would figure in the resolution somehow, but the story went in a different direction. The whole thing rested on Seymour's blind spot regarding his otherwise handsome looks, a flaw that figuratively vanished by pretending it didn't exist. His other flaw was thinking he could get away with the perfect crime, a mistake he wouldn't get to make again anytime soon.
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