The Manxman

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Audience Member It’s passable. I enjoy seeing Phil and Kate look miserable while Pete is overcome with joy - a fun juxtaposition in acting that silent films do very well… they have to, after all. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/17/24 Full Review Audience Member Hitchcock uses Cornwall to fill in for the Isle of Man in this early, superb, silent movie. Based on an 1894 novel by Hall Caine of the same name, it's the story of two best friends who are in love with the same girl. After Pete travels abroad to earn some money (after having achieved an agreement with said girl, Kate, to marry him) his best friend Philip and Kate fall in love, but in the mistaken belief that Pete has died, after receiving some misinformation. We know Hitchcock is a master craftsman, and he had already proven this in silent cinema with the previous years' The Ring; an excellent boxing drama released decades before Scorsese would take on the sport in Raging Bull (1980). The Manxman is a tragic tale, one in which every party involved feels the full effect of the originally well intentioned actions, and it is beautifully portrayed by Hitchcock, whose capturing of Cornwall pulls you into the story and the characters lives. If you haven't ever checked out his early work in silent cinema, this is a great place to start, although perhaps not if you feel like a light hearted affair. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Not his most suspenseful film of his silent era but there are signs of his future work there, with some signature Hitchcockian voyeuristic shots. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review michael d A more solidified feeling of Hitchcock in those early years; not the best of his silents but considerably better than some. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member I take notes on every movie I watch, including this one; & no matter how many times I go over them, or the multiple internet synopses, for the life of me I can't remember anything about this movie. Apparently the love triangle is basic, the melodrama is unengaging, & the characters are a-holes &/or annoying saps…though I can't stand by any of this because…again…no memory. I think watching so many pre-40s Hitchcock movies in a row is destroying my brain…or the films just aren't that great. (HEY! JUST SAW THE POSTER! AND IT JOGGED MY MEMORY! AND I WAS RIGHT, THIS MOVIE'S NOT VERY GOOD!) Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Quite immoral and cruel story. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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