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Obsession

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Obsession (1976)

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Reviews Counted:14

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Rotten:3

Average Rating:6/10

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Because he agrees to police suggestions that he substitute blank paper for ransom money, a businessman's wife and daughter are killed by their enraged kidnappers. Fifteen years later, the man... Because he agrees to police suggestions that he substitute blank paper for ransom money, a businessman's wife and daughter are killed by their enraged kidnappers. Fifteen years later, the man has still not forgiven himself for what happened, and, while vacationing in Italy, he suddenly encounters a young woman who is the mirror-image of his dead wife. Is it just coincidence? Could she possibly be his daughter, somehow still alive and fully grown? The guilt-ridden husband becomes obsessed with this ghostly reincarnation, and his passionate pursuit of her leads to surprising revelations about his own past. [More]

Starring: Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, Wanda Blackman, John Lithgow

Starring: Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, Wanda Blackman, John Lithgow, Sylvia Kuumba Williams, Pat McNamara, Stocker Fontelieu, Don Hood

Director: Brian De Palma

Director: Brian De Palma
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
Story: Brian De Palma, Paul Schrader
Producer: George Litto, Harry N. Blum

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...Not the deeply felt soul-searcher that is Vertigo.

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07/07/01
Bill Chambers
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central

In spite of Vilmos Zsigmond's overrrated, overly diffuse photography, this is a surprisingly poignant mystery about love, loss and, well, obsession.

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01/24/06
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

This is the movie not the perfume; its smell is not quite as captivating.

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Dennis Schwartz
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08/08/05
Emanuel Levy
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Another of De Palma's fearlessly experimental whims.

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09/03/06
Eric Henderson
Eric Henderson
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03/18/06
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

DePalma as he starts spiralling into sub-Hitchcock.

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11/06/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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01/29/03
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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Solid DePalma, which means it is very mediocre Hitchcock.

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10/15/04
Steve Crum
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Kansas City Kansan

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Boulder Weekly

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09/02/03
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide

...[represents] the worst of DePalma's movies (but his worst is still a whole lot better than most directors' best).

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