Rear Window (1954)
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Reviews Counted:58
Fresh:58
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.8/10
Consensus: Hitchcock exerted full potential of suspense in this masterpiece.
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: The weather is getting hotter, and photographer L.B. Jefferies (Jimmy Stewart) is stuck in his apartment with a broken leg and nothing to do--that is, nothing to do but spy on his neighbors through... [More]
Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Reviews for Rear Window
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As close to 'perfect' as a film is likely to get. Full Review |
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86/100 |
a taut and (verbally) jaunty thriller Full Review |
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Just possibly the second most entertaining picture (after The 39 Steps) ever made by Alfred Hitchcock. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
...the film surely remains one of the most memorable and downright essential examples of the slow-burn thriller genre. Full Review |
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Essential and unmissable. Full Review |
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Hitchcock classic. Full Review |
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Of all Hitchcock's films, this is the one which most reveals the man. Full Review |
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An early ad summed up one of the film's enduring appeals: If you don't experience delicious terror, then pinch yourself--you're most probably dead. Full Review |
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The deliciousness of watching the film as it's intended to be seen is that the big screen gives Rear Window back its claustrophobia. Full Review |
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A- |
Alfred Hitchcock's answer to why he makes films and perhaps his darkest one, both as a romance and as a thriller. Full Review |
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5/5 |
hitchcock perfection
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4/4 |
Don't resist the urge -- steal a peek at it now, and be reminded why Hitchcock is still without equal in the clammy thrills department. Full Review |
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In the hands of a lesser talent, this might have become a self-conscious stunt, but in Hitchcock's it has the tightly wound perfection of a flawless sonnet or sonata. Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
Restored Hitchcock thriller charms, chills and sparkles. Full Review |
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Never to be surpassed, never to be repeated. Full Review |
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10/10 |
What a great movie. Full Review |
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5/5 |
A stellar film. Full Review |
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One of the most elegant entertainments ever made in Hollywood, and also one of the boldest and most personal of the Hitchcock films -- a work that's almost perverse in its giddy celebration of the thrill of voyeurism. Full Review |
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