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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Reviews for Suspicion
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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 |
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Grimly powerful. Full Review |
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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 |
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Despite a silly cop-out ending (imposed by RKO), a gripping domestic thriller. Full Review |
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Great classic Hitch.
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...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 |
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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 |
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Slow but interesting.
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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 |
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Watch out for that glass of milk!
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Probably the most compromised of Hitchcock's major pictures, it nevertheless sports a trio of sequences that rank among his best. Full Review |
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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 |
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Good, but not entirely satisfactory Hitchcock opus.
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