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

them.

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

Oct 27, 2022

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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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Zion J

This was an Ok Remake but it does not beat the Original, For whatever reason it just didn't feel The same anymore. The basement was awfully done and the whole movie just felt like a Cartoon instead of real horror. It's Ok but could have been better, it just didn't work for me

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/04/24

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Jack M

I actually really enjoyed this movie. I thought the ending where he was actually dressed up as the grandma was such a plot twist and super suspenseful. I think Hitchcock was trying to show that many people have different personalities, obviously the movie takes it to another level. Psycho had a great twist to the end, I don't think anyone was expecting.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/20/23

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Alexis E

Enjoyed the movie and also liked the idea of the man playing the role as the mother not only in the movie but in his mind as well it was very interesting and always kept me on my toes- never knew what was gonna happen next

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/15/23

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Lance U

Today (December 04, 2023) is the 25th anniversary of the theatrical release of director Gus Van Sant's controversial (1998) recreation of Alfred Hitchcock's (1960) masterpiece'PSYCHO'. I think this film is bizarre, ridiculous, and fascinating! I love every second of it, almost as much as I don't! B+

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/04/23

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Julianne Moore

Lila Crane

Viggo Mortensen

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William H. Macy

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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: Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures
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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