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Suspicion

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Suspicion (1941)

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Reviews Counted:24

Fresh:24

Rotten:0

Average Rating:7.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Joan Fontaine's fabulous performance as a woman who grows to fear the man she loves anchors this compelling story in which Alfred Hitchcock shows his love for playing with the audience's... Joan Fontaine's fabulous performance as a woman who grows to fear the man she loves anchors this compelling story in which Alfred Hitchcock shows his love for playing with the audience's expectations. Perfectly cast is the dashing Cary Grant, whose lovable and charming persona is on full display while being completely transformed through Hitchcock's eerie camera work and visual innuendo--to the point that the simplest gesture takes on a new and malevolent aspect. SUSPICION lives up to its title's promise, weaving dread and ambiguity into a potent psychological net. Fontaine is the beautiful daughter of a wealthy, landed English family. Grant is the lighthearted and irreverent wastrel who charms Fontaine into elopement and succeeds in introducing the young woman to the pleasures of a more carefree outlook on life. However, as Fontaine discovers the legacy of Grant's carefree ways--his numerous debts and pursuers--she begins to suspect a darker past and must confront the horrible implications this has for her future. [More]

Starring: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce

Starring: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, May Whitty, Isabel Jeans, Heather Angel, Reginald Sheffield, Leo G. Carroll, Robert Curtis-Brown, Constance Worth

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Screenwriter: Alma Reville
Composer: Franz Waxman
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock

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Sep 7, 2004

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 26 2009 03:18 AM

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Emanuel Levy

The disappointingly neat coda has led to the dismissal of the film as second-tier Hitchcock, but up to that ending, the critique of marriage is so provocative, the imagery so powerful, and the acting so good that it's extremely enjoyable to watch.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 06 2009 09:59 AM

EmanuelLevy.Com

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4/4

Grimly powerful.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 11 2008 04:02 PM

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Dave Kehr

Everyone concedes that this 1941 Hitchcock film is a failure, yet it displays so much artistic seriousness that I find its failure utterly mysterious.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 11 2008 04:01 PM

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Geoff Andrew

Despite a silly cop-out ending (imposed by RKO), a gripping domestic thriller.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 09 2006 03:16 AM

Time Out

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5/5

Cole Smithey

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comment Comment | Oct., 27 2005 08:43 PM

ColeSmithey.com

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3/5

Lori Hoffman

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comment Comment | Apr., 27 2005 02:10 PM

Atlantic City Weekly

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4/5

Eric Lurio

Great classic Hitch.

comment Comment | Dec., 21 2004 07:32 AM

Greenwich Village Gazette

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7/10

John J. Puccio

...a middle-tier Hitchcock product, not really as suspenseful as it should be and never as romantic or humorous as it could be.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 09 2004 12:01 PM

DVDTown.com

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3/4

Jeffrey M. Anderson

The director does some wonderful things with the picture up until the ludicrous ending. Still you can't help feeling a vague disappointment with the whole enterprise.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 20 2004 10:17 PM

Combustible Celluloid

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3/5

Tony Medley

Slow but interesting.

comment Comment | Sep., 19 2004 07:25 PM

Tolucan Times

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4/5

Christopher Null

The film isn't close to Hitch's best, but it's a critical part of his canon that shouldn't be missed.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 07 2004 08:00 AM

Filmcritic.com

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4/5

Daniel Eagan

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comment Comment | May., 20 2004 08:17 AM

Film Journal International

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4/5

Michael Szymanski

No review available.

comment Comment | Feb., 27 2004 02:33 PM

Zap2it.com

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5/5

Nell Minow

Watch out for that glass of milk!

comment Comment | Jan., 23 2004 05:18 AM

Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

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4/5

Carol Cling

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comment Comment | Dec., 26 2003 12:58 PM

Las Vegas Review-Journal

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Walter Chaw

Probably the most compromised of Hitchcock's major pictures, it nevertheless sports a trio of sequences that rank among his best.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 06 2003 11:15 PM

Film Freak Central

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Hitchcock piles on the tension in the way that only he knows how, skilfully building to the sensational finale.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 24 2003 08:04 AM

Channel 4 Film

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Paul Matwychuk

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comment Comment | Nov., 29 2002 12:59 PM

Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

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Ken Hanke

Good, but not entirely satisfactory Hitchcock opus.

comment Comment | Nov., 25 2002 11:10 AM

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

 
 
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