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Psycho (1998)
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Reviews Counted: 56
Fresh: 20
Rotten:36
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Consensus: Van Sant's pointless remake neither improves or illuminates Hitchcock's original.
Runtime: 2 hrs
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: A remake of director Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 thriller about a young woman, who, while on the run after stealing $40,000 from her boss, is brutally murdered in the shower of a motel she is staying... A remake of director Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 thriller about a young woman, who, while on the run after stealing $40,000 from her boss, is brutally murdered in the shower of a motel she is staying in one night. As police investigate her disappearance, we learn more about the motel's psychotic owner, Norman Bates. Director Gus Van Zant's film is a shot-for-shot remake of the original. [More]
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, William H. Macy, Julianne Moore
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, William H. Macy, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Chad Everett, Philip Baker Hall, Anne Haney, Rance Howard, James LeGros, Robert Forster
Director: Gus Van Sant
Director: Gus Van Sant
Story: Robert Bloch
Producer: Brian Grazer
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
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Reviews for Psycho
...the Hitchcock film relied for its effects on originality and creativity. Van Sant's remake substitutes rote repetition and cliches that have long since lost their value.
Psycho doesn't do much for Van Sant, and he doesn't do much for Psycho.
Vaughn's Norman Bates is much inferior because he lacks the natural neurosis of Anthony Perkins.
A Psycho that functions perfectly on its own terms while polishing this jewel of a thriller into its own bright new gleam.
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