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mvie mu-1022552: Probably Alfred Hitchcock's Masterpiece

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 16:58:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author andaryl - Released in 1958, Vertigo opened to fairly mixed reviews and wasn’t a box office success. Locked away into the archives by Hitchcock it wouldn’t be rereleased until 25 years later. Absence certainly made the heart grow fonder, and Vertigo is...

mvie mu-1022552: Vertigo - Jimmy Stewart Became Obsessed With Kim Novak

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:28:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dragonfire88 - Alfred Hitchcock made several suspenseful movies during his career. Some of them, like Psycho, Rear Window, and...

mvie mu-1022552: The Dullest Thriller I've Ever Seen

Thu, 6 Sep 2007 14:00:58 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author carstairs38 - I have only seen a couple of Hitchcock's films, and frankly, I've been less then impressed. They've been overrated and just plain weird. Recently, I've decided I need to give him another chance, so I set out to watch a few more Hitchcock films. Since...

mvie mu-1022552: Hitchcock's Vertigo - masterpiece or not?

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:34:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jollysailor - Hitchcock was an astounding director, in my opinion the greatest of all time. He surpasses both Spielberg and Scorsese effortlessly, his imprint on cinema could be no more huge. But is Vertigo, considered my most critics to be his most personal and...

mvie mu-1022552: CLASSIC

Sun, 10 Apr 2005 13:35:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author oberlin - Spell-binding, keeps you on the edge of your chair throughout the movie, using a story line full of suspense, yet believablility. A man tired of his wife, finds a look alike to replace her..chooses a detective whom he knows has a fear of heights. It's so...

mvie mu-1022552: A work of cinematic art

Sun, 19 Sep 2004 02:12:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mov88 - "I have acrophobia which gives me vertigo and I get dizzy" Watching "Vertigo" for the first time is like looking at the surface of the ocean. Sure you may get a general idea of the vastness and beauty of it all, but it's not until you...

mvie mu-1022552: The Great Pretender: Vertigo

Fri, 21 May 2004 15:36:04 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author George_Chabot - "Beam Me Up, Scotty; No Intelligent Life Down Here." Capt. Kirk "There's one born every minute." P. T. Barnum " ... you can't fool all of the people all of the time." Abraham Lincoln Vertigo (1958) is one of the so-called "lost...

mvie mu-1022552: Hitchcock exposes himself!

Tue, 8 Jul 2003 22:43:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author truckturner - In one of Alfred Hitchcock's greatest and most complex films, Jimmy Stewart is in peak form playing...

mvie mu-1022552: "Vertigo" Revisited: Mad scared

Mon, 2 Jun 2003 00:29:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author eestone - "Vertigo" Revisited

"Vertigo" is one of the first films to seriously examine the odd relationship of the actor to the audience (especially the female actor to a male audience), and it’s so intellectually interesting and visually...

mvie mu-1022552: "Scottie, do you believe someone dead can enter and take possession of a living person?"

Fri, 18 Apr 2003 07:20:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author st_patrick - How does one go about recommending this great film, a film I consider to be Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece? "Vertigo" is certainly one of the great romantic classics from one of Hollywood's greatest directors, the master of suspense himself. Not a...

mvie mu-1022552: Hitchcock at his Height

Sun, 23 Feb 2003 08:03:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sandrabarber - Vertigo (1958) stars James Stewart as John Ferguson, known as Scottie to his acquaintances, a retired San Francisco detective. Scottie retired from the force after a rooftop scene in which a colleague of his died, the trauma and guilt leaving Scottie...

mvie mu-1022552: VERTIGO: Don't look down!

Thu, 5 Dec 2002 08:27:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cripper - It has been said that during the 1950s, Hitchcock was really making a name for himself. Having directed films such as Strangers on a Train, Rear Window and Dial M for Murder, Hitchcock was on his way to some big money, despite...

mvie mu-1022552: Love Lost and Found: Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo"

Mon, 18 Jun 2001 13:58:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author stargull - "I'm not mad! I don't want to die. There's someone within me, and she says that I must die."

--Madeleine Elster, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo

The easiest way to identify a master filmmaker is to observe how well his or...

mvie mu-1022552: Great Movie; Unsatisfying Ending

Thu, 7 Dec 2000 17:24:53 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Candice923 - This review is written as per the request of BrundleDan. He has read and rated all of my Hitchcock reviews, and is "dying" to read what I thought about Vertigo. For those of you that don't know, I was fortunate enough to take...

mvie mu-1022552: The illusion of life

Tue, 5 Dec 2000 01:53:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author 1539cat - This is a classic Alfred Hitchcock movie. This story is about a man (Jimmy Stewart) who has a phobia for heights. He is an ex-cop who is asked by a friend to act as a detective, keeping track of his friends wife who seems to have black outs and is...

mvie mu-1022552: Dizzying Heights

Tue, 5 Dec 2000 00:14:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author LEDOMAINE - Hailed as unparalleled, a masterpiece, one of the best films, ever. At the time it was made and first released, it was dismissed by most reviewers; called dark, unrealistic, unacceptable for the average movie-goer by critics. What it was...

mvie mu-1022552: It's just too bizarre to take seriously

Tue, 7 Nov 2000 03:32:12 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Chad9976 - They say you know you're going crazy when you think you're normal and the rest of the world is insane. That's the feeling I got watching "Vertigo," a pseudo epic story about love, betrayal, classic irony, but most of all insanity. To truly...

mvie mu-1022552: Coping with Neurosis

Sat, 28 Oct 2000 17:05:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author danwood - As it was his habit, Alfred Hitchcock made this one of his numerous masterpieces based on a story which involved a high degree of psychological terror.

You know, suspense, as you are used to see in movies, is the kind of terror which as a deep...

mvie mu-1022552: Vertigo: It's a Long Way Down

Fri, 27 Oct 2000 13:17:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author wyrydernona - Vertigo is the tale of a man (James Stewart), who, after a bungled police pursuit, is inflicted with vertigo (a form of dizziness that results when one is at great heights). Stewart is then summoned by a former friend to track the man's wife, who has...

mvie mu-1022552: "I look UP, I look DOWN, I look UP, I look...."

Wed, 11 Oct 2000 12:27:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author artbyjude - I am going to go out on a limb here and say I don't think this is the best Hitchcock flick I have ever seen. While it has an intriguing story line and features one of my favorite old timers, Jimmy Stewart, it does not create the excitement of the...

mvie mu-1022552: Vertigo: One of America's Best FIlms

Sat, 26 Aug 2000 15:31:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Patman1585 - A while back, I was in a Hitchcock phase. I watched a number of his films, thoroughly enjoying each of them (except maybe "Psycho"). I was at the video store and decided to buy "Vertigo" without ever seeing it. I just trusted that...

mvie mu-1022552: Vertigo: Your Mind Will Spin With Pleasure

Wed, 12 Jul 2000 20:35:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lskrzyniarz - It took me awhile to actually sit through VERTIGO. The ads never really appealed to me. I had no idea what the film was supposed to be about except Jimmy Stewart's fear of heights. I recently had the chance to see the restored version and I have to say I...

mvie mu-1022552: A Dizzy Spectacle of Suspence

Fri, 9 Jun 2000 16:24:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author swampsong - True- all people will not get this movie

True- the first half of the movie moves like molasses

True- the story is far-fetched and neurotic

True- this is my favourite movie of all time!

If you haven't seen this movie-...

mvie mu-1022552: Hitchcock as Auteur

Sun, 21 May 2000 16:02:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author juraj - Like with many other celebrated directors, it can be argued that Hitchcock had a certain inimitable style that was carried throughout the bulk of his cinematic enterprise. Vertigo, in this regard, situates Hitchcock at his element, and as far as bold...

mvie mu-1022552: Hitchcock's masterpiece

Tue, 9 May 2000 13:48:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jordan_tar - "Vertigo" is a lyrical, dreamlike, tragic film. Originally panned by critics, it's since become one of Hitchcock's most acclaimed movies.

The plot is rather hard to describe, and a little disjointed. It's about a detective hired to...