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starring: Joan Crawford, Heather Sears, Rossano Brazzi, Lee Patterson, Ron Randelldirected by: David Miller
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304329016
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 6304329016
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: February 11, 1997
Running Time: 103 minutes
Sales Rank: 24975
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: November 06, 1957
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Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Esther-Fest
"The Story of Esther Costello" has to be one of my very favorite movies with Joan. I know I say that all the time but this time I really mean it. At the very least, it has to be one of Joan's very best movies from the fifties. My three favorite movies from this era, of Joan's six-decade career include: Harriet Craig, Johnny Guitar and this. And they are all so different! If you've seen them all you will know what I mean and you'll know why Joan was such a diverse and talented actress who never delivered ... Read More
Rating:  - I AGREE WITH rivercircus REVIEW ENTIRELY
Rivercircus' review was well written and I agree wholeheartedly with every word written there. I also agree with the two star rating. "The Story of Esther Costello" is boring and trite and I have nothing more to add. Read rivercircus' review for the excellent run down on this mediocre film.
Rating: - The Boring Esther Costello
I'm a bit... well, "dismayed" is too strong a word, so let's just say "disappointed," since I anticipated much more from this film, especially after reading on the back of the VHS box that Joan considered this her last "really top picture." (She later said she thought she deserved not one, but TWO Oscars for it. And, truth be told, she did receive the '57 British Film Academy Award for Best Actress for her work here.)
The problems I had with "Esther":
(1)(a) THE SCRIPT. In this film, ... Read More
Rating:  - JOAN CRAWFORD AS A MIRACLE WORKER...
Esther Costello (Heather Sears) is a young girl playing with her friends in rural post World War II Ireland. She and her friends enter an abandoned home and in the basement discover a cache of live grenades. Not knowing the danger, they begin fighting over them and pull the pin out of one of the grenades. As Esther hears her mother above calling for her, the grenade goes off, setting off an explosion that kills her mother. Esther undergoes severe psychological trauma that renders her blind, deaf, and mute. ... Read More
Rating: - Joan deserved another Oscar for this one---
Portraying a wealthy woman looking for a purpose in her life, Joan Crawford beautifully acts her role in this one. She finds lonely, dirty Esther Costello, a young girl blind, deaf, and mute from a mental shock during the war. With visions of Helen Keller, Joan unselfishly begins to work with her. At this point her ruthless, although handsome husband, re-enters her life, hoping to cash in on the financial success the Esther Costello funds have been bringing in to help other young people who have suffered ... Read More
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