North by Northwest

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Marco A My favorite Hitchcock movie and one of my all time favorites overall. Just pure fun and enjoyment, perfect balance of thrills/adventure/comedy/romance with great dialogues. A film that had the style of Bond before Bond, but that would have been one of the top Bond films all time as well. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/23/21 Full Review Fer S I loved the fast pacing. The cinematography is excellent and ending has great suspense. The plot however gets absurd plenty of times. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/08/24 Full Review Ted B 4.5 stars; Along with "The Man Who Knew Too Much," "North by Northwest" are by far the best spy thriller movies that Alfred Hitchcock made. In fact, I would put them on a list with the best movies that Mr. Hitchcock made. So many twists and turns lead to the final outcome. This movie keeps you guessing because it is so very well constructed. Cary Grant plays the debonair, wealthy playboy who, as an innocent bystander, gets wrapped up in a high-level spy ring. Eva Marie Saint plays his love interest and does a great job of keeping you in the dark as to whose side she is on. James Mason and Martin Landau give good performances as the evil adversaries. Yes, I know that the plot is somewhat of a stretch, but it doesn't matter. This movie is loaded with gripping suspense. That's what you go to the movies for—to be thrilled! There is a light touch of comedy and romance to round out the story. This film has two iconic scenes that are always shown when discussing top 100 films: the crop duster chase scene and the escape scene down the faces of the Mount Rushmore Monument. This film has it all. How can you not be entertained? Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/19/24 Full Review Alec B Unbelievably entertaining. This is Hitchcock at his most crowd pleasing but the movie is still masterfully constructed. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/09/24 Full Review Steven S First things first…there is one scene where we see the Northwest Airlines area of Midway Airport. (Reference 1). The direction of Mount Rushmore from Chicago is sort of northwesterly. So a more exact title would be Northwest By Northwest (airlines). I’ve never read this exactitude of the film title? I mean, we see the Northwest Airlines scene clear as day…wtf?!? Next, the film is perfect from the Saul Bass title dynamic credits, to the constancy of uptone Ernest Lehman string music, to Cary Grant’s perfect grey suit, to the iconic scenes that define NYC (take your pick: GCT, the UN, the Plaza Hotel approached by taxi through Grand Army Plaza), to the cropduster—gas tanker kaboom, to Eva Maria Saint’s red dress in the auction house, to the cool Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired house, to Mount Rushmore itself…it’s breathtaking from start to end. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/05/24 Full Review babarizam D Its a great movie and I love Carry Grant. I think Moderen Cinema should learn something from such classic Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/16/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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