Rebecca

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Jay W Rebecca is the only Alfred Hitchcock film to win the Oscar for Best Picture. This was Hitchcock 20 years before "Pyscho", this was far from his peak as a director in quality or popularity. Heck, Hitchcock doesn't even make a cameo in the film. Although this isn't Hitchcock's Best Picture, you can still see the potential peeking through...in the final 40 minutes. One of the main lessons Hitchcock seemed to take from this film is that he needs to get to the hook earlier in the story. The romance between Mr. and Mrs. De Winter gets dull as soon as they leave the hotel. Once the reveal of Rebecca is given, then the movie starts to get engaging again. In future Hitchcock films, he learns to get to that point a lot faster. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/07/25 Full Review Lars N Nice atmosphere and character work, but the movie is slower than need be, and the end falls a bit flat Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/23/25 Full Review Tricia D This movie was fantastic from beginning to end. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time! The entire cast was wonderful, definitely a must see movie! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/12/25 Full Review William B Awesome film. Unexpected ending. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/22/24 Full Review NiB Y This is a perfect movie and should've swept the Oscar that year, but the Academy definetly has some sort of bias against Hitchcock. The story is absolute perfect and even better than the book; the acting is absolute immaculate on literally all sides; the pacing is perfect and you won't even realize this movie is a whole 130 minutes due to how engaging it is! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/25/24 Full Review Kevin L The storyline save this one. Going back this far with movies is often a roll of the dice for me. I try to be objective and keep in mind the context of the writing, directing, acting, and effects of the time. But so often I find the acting so wooden and unrealistic. I found it in "Rebecca", too. Olivier is fine as de Winter, though the character goes back & forth from being a charismatic, strong figure, to being a flaky weakling. Fontaine does good work at times, then goes into that contrived, exaggerated stance, going whole sequences saying nothing with her mouth slack and agape. I guess that's her way of showing terror and confusion. Seemed almost hokey. And that Mrs. Danvers, she's a real hoot, huh? Like Frau Blücher without the charm. Anderson was far from the terrifiying figure she's made out to be. Like Phil Burbank in " The Power of the Dog". Hitchcock did what he could with the tools and tech of his time. The movie works overall, but again, it's the writing that wins. But the basic storyline is better than the dialogue, which is good in exposition and creating & maintaining characters. But then there's the lame romantic lines between the leads. Then there's the strings. The score is painfully bad, imo. Those strings coming in nearly took me out of the movie. Such an unnecessary contrivance. Still, I was happy with the ending and general wrap-up. So all in all, I've give it 3.3 stars Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/07/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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