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05/02/09
Dressed to Kill (1980)
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Reviews Counted:38
Fresh:32
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: In this film that combines Hitchcock's slick premises with modern-day gore, a lonely wife follows her shrink's advice and seeks comfort in a stranger. After a seductive, dangerous encounter, the... [More]
Starring: Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon
Director: Brian De Palma
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Reviews for Dressed to Kill
Eerily transcendent, Dressed to Kill is a layered machine of on-target character work and the sort of tension that only the best of the best filmmakers can ratchet.
10/17/08
De Palma at his best.
07/17/08
This film should be celebrated as one of those purely cinematic experiences, which these days are all too few and far between.
09/26/07
Originality has never been a high value in the genre-bound aesthetic of filmmaking, but De Palma cheapens what he steals.
09/26/07
Top CriticAll dressed up with no script to go, but a feverish nerve jangler nonetheless.
09/26/07
Despite some major structural weaknesses, the cannily manipulated combination of mystery, gore and kinky sex adds up to a slick commercial package.
09/26/07
Top CriticInflates paperback pulp psychology into something like a plot, all the better to demonstrate that filmmaking is an inherently visual storytelling.
09/02/06
Dressed to Kill (1980) is a flat-out masterpiece.
03/04/06
Ultimately, the film amounts to little more than a consummate study of suspense technique, all dressed up with nowhere to go.
01/26/06
Brian De Palma is at his Hitchcock-imitating best in this lurid psycho thriller that's an absolute treat from start to finish.
09/28/05
Never gets past looking dressed up like an expensive hooker.
08/30/05
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06/17/05
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02/15/05
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01/05/05
Overrated De Palma, one of the best posters in the history of movies, though
12/21/04
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11/18/04
DePalma is not yet an artist of Hitchcock's stature, but he does earn the right to a comparison.
10/23/04
Top CriticAn A for style, a D for substance, with a plot that makes no sense at all.
07/16/04
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