...Not the deeply felt soul-searcher that is Vertigo.
Obsession (1976)
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Reviews Counted:14
Fresh:11
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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Reviews for Obsession
In spite of Vilmos Zsigmond's overrrated, overly diffuse photography, this is a surprisingly poignant mystery about love, loss and, well, obsession.
This is the movie not the perfume; its smell is not quite as captivating.
...[represents] the worst of DePalma's movies (but his worst is still a whole lot better than most directors' best).
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