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Obsession

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

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

Another of De Palma's fearlessly experimental whims.

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09/03/06
Eric Henderson
Eric Henderson
Slant Magazine

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

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01/10/03
David Nusair
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This is the movie not the perfume; its smell is not quite as captivating.

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Dennis Schwartz
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Solid DePalma, which means it is very mediocre Hitchcock.

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Steve Crum
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DePalma as he starts spiralling into sub-Hitchcock.

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Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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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