Psycho

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Psycho

R

Released Dec 4, 1998

1h 49m

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

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Hoping for a fresh start with her broke boyfriend, Marion (Anne Heche) steals a huge sum from her boss and skips town, eventually stopping at a remote motel. There, she's served by the intensely awkward yet docile Norman Bates (Vince Vaughn), whom she often hears arguing with his domineering mother. But later that night, Marion is brutally slain, and Norman finds and hides the body. When a detective and Marion's sister visit the motel to investigate, they uncover shocking truths.

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Critics Consensus

Van Sant's pointless remake neither improves nor illuminates Hitchcock's original.

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Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

a true labour of love, an homage in such deliriously infatuated thrall to its inspiration that it seems more arthouse folly than studio cashcow - or, to cite the psychiatrist near the end of Psycho, "these were crimes of passion, not profit."

Oct 22, 2012

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: A

Sep 7, 2011

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Godfrey Cheshire

Variety

Contains nothing to outrage or offend partisans of the original, yet neither does it stand to add much to their appreciation.

Mar 26, 2009

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Noah Berlatsky

Everything is Horrible (Substack)

The crimes of Hitchcock's Psycho are theft and imitation. Van Sant turns those into an aesthetic and, I think, into a triumph of queer cinema.

Jul 12, 2023

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

If Gus Van Sant’s 1998 remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s widely celebrated thriller Psycho (1960) is not one of the most unfairly maligned features of its decade, then it must surely be one of the least-well understood.

Rated: 7/10

Nov 28, 2022

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Daniel Bayer

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Van Sant knows what he’s doing with the source material.

Oct 27, 2022

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Stephen C

Failure in 1 hour and 49 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/14/25

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Shaun R

Vince Vaughan playing one of horrors most iconic figures before he stared in a load of stupid comedies. Not a bad remake, not a particularly good one.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/01/25

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Movie W

Think I liked it more than most. Beautifully shot

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/12/25

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James B

It's alright and is basically psycho but in colour but I prefer the original. Anthony Perkins was way better as normal bates than Vince Vaughn.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/27/25

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Anton H

The cinematic sacrilege aside, the performances are solid, and probably the best thing this duplicative remake has to offer, as well as the intriguing alternate interpretations of the characters.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/08/24

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Kalin D

Brilliant acting and wonderful scenery. Not sure why people can't acknowledge that.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/09/24

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Synopsis

Hoping for a fresh start with her broke boyfriend, Marion (Anne Heche) steals a huge sum from her boss and skips town, eventually stopping at a remote motel. There, she's served by the intensely awkward yet docile Norman Bates (Vince Vaughn), whom she often hears arguing with his domineering mother. But later that night, Marion is brutally slain, and Norman finds and hides the body. When a detective and Marion's sister visit the motel to investigate, they uncover shocking truths.

Director: Gus Van Sant
Producer: Brian Grazer, Gus Van Sant
Screenwriter: Robert Bloch, Joseph Stefano
Distributor: MCA/Universal Pictures [us], Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 4, 1998, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 8, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $21.5M
Runtime: 1h 49m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround

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