The acting is just fine, the script is excellent and the scares are intense. As far as suspense films go, it's one of the better ones and the only Hitchcock film I like more is NORTH BY NORTHWEST-and only by a shade. Now my rant about it being over-rated is NOT to say this is a bad film. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, THE MORTAL STORM, ANATOMY OF A MURDER and several others come to mind). Jimmy Stewart, the star of this film, himself probably did a hand full of other films that should be ranked higher than this movie (such as MR. If you thought about it, I'm sure most everyone reading this would be able to pick more than 16 better films with little problem. I just can't accept that this is the 16th best movie out there. But when I noticed on IMDb that it is ranked #16I was shocked. This is a very good film-definitely one of Hitchcock's best films and very suspenseful. Reviewed by MartinHafer 9 / 10 yep-it's a good film.but #14 on IMDb? Yet there is a certain effectiveness to it all, even in the earlier scenes, that holds an edge over imitators. Rear Window may have become dated for some movie-goers, particularly since the theme has been played on by other movies and TV shows (like The Simpsons for example). This is the story of one man's temptation and compulsion to be involved with those he can see (much like movie-goers have with any given film), and how perception of the realities around him become ours. Not only is there a magnetic kind of skill to which Hitchcock (and cinematographer Robert Burks) presents us with the apartments' supporting and minor characters and how their fates are played out against the enclosed backdrop, but the psychology of Jeff becomes parallel, or against, to the audience's. If we empathize with Jeff, it's because we become as much apart of his mind-set/POV as he already is, and that's the ticket to the film's true success. Hitch's 'everyday man'), there's Grace Kelly as Lisa, who carries her own beauty & inner conflicts, and Raymond Burr as Thorvold, who could have things going a little better with his wife. Along with Stewart's performance, which ranges from amusing to terrified, compelling to frightened (i.e. This could, and occasionally does, present a challenge for the audience member that could either be accepted & payed off or resented- can one sit back and just watch things unfold as in a film from the 20's? Personally, the experience of seeing these events unfold and increase was near electrifying. As the thrills build in the second hour of the film there is considerably more dialog than the first hour. So, for more or less 50 percent of the film, the only sounds we hear are the sounds of mere realism, as Hitch's camera keeps a close eye on things. Jeffries (Jimmy Stewart in one of his most infamous performances) is in his wheelchair viewing out one perspective to other inhabitants in the apartment, the audience views right along-side him. But I realized something that I hadn't thought of as I watched it for the first time- this is a return for Hitchcock to his skills as a master of silent-film chills. Many reviewers and critics have commented on Alfred Hitchcock's theme of the voyeur in Rear Window (the mere thought of a voyeur in a suspense film conjures up images from other classic Hitchcock films), and I felt that voyeuristic bug as well. Reviewed by Quinoa1984 10 / 10 In the mid-fifties, Hitchcock brought remarkable suspense by reverting to the logic of a silent film (with an observer behind the lens as the hero) Doesn't anyone close their curtains, or pull the blinds, thank goodness they don't. James Stewart is excellent as Jefferies, he is superb in the role, Grace Kelly is terrific also, the epitome of glamour and elegance. Every single character is fascinating, the dancer, the woman drinking alone, and or course the man who's wife vanishes. He's essentially looking at a goldfish bowl, his world becomes that courtyard, he sees everything. Jefferies has a natural curiosity, but his circumstances heighten that curiosity, with nothing else to do, he watches everything, absorbing every single detail. Hitchcock created several masterpieces, Rear Window is one of them, it's a fascinating study of human nature, the natural curiosity and fascination to observe people. Alfred Hitchcock is regarded by many as the master of suspense, and I don't think there's a better example of a suspense thriller than Rear Window. He becomes convinced that a murder has occured. Jefferies is temporarily wheelchair bound, and spends his days staring out of his apartment window into the courtyard, observing everyone's activities. Reviewed by Sleepin_Dragon 10 / 10 Another Hitchcock masterpiece.
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