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
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3.5/4 |
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. Full Review |
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4/5 |
De Palma at his best.
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This film should be celebrated as one of those purely cinematic experiences, which these days are all too few and far between. Full Review |
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Originality has never been a high value in the genre-bound aesthetic of filmmaking, but De Palma cheapens what he steals. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
All dressed up with no script to go, but a feverish nerve jangler nonetheless. Full Review |
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Despite some major structural weaknesses, the cannily manipulated combination of mystery, gore and kinky sex adds up to a slick commercial package. Full Review |
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4/4 |
Inflates paperback pulp psychology into something like a plot, all the better to demonstrate that filmmaking is an inherently visual storytelling. Full Review |
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Dressed to Kill (1980) is a flat-out masterpiece. Full Review |
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Ultimately, the film amounts to little more than a consummate study of suspense technique, all dressed up with nowhere to go. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Brian De Palma is at his Hitchcock-imitating best in this lurid psycho thriller that's an absolute treat from start to finish.
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Never gets past looking dressed up like an expensive hooker. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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3/5 |
De Palma at his best
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3/5 |
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2/5 |
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3/5 |
Overrated De Palma, one of the best posters in the history of movies, though
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3/5 |
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3/4 |
DePalma is not yet an artist of Hitchcock's stature, but he does earn the right to a comparison. Full Review |
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3/5 |
An A for style, a D for substance, with a plot that makes no sense at all.
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