Hitchcock probably wouldn't tell this story if he was making films today, and he certainly wouldn't tell it this way, with internal 'voices', back projection, minimal nudity and violence.
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02/09/06
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Psycho (1998)
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Reviews Counted:69
Fresh:23
Rotten:46
Average Rating:5/10
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... [More]
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, William H. Macy, Julianne Moore
Director: Gus Van Sant
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Reviews for Psycho
There's so much to relish here that you quickly lose any sense that the remake is some kind of insult to the original.
01/01/00
Deserves closer consideration than it received.
05/26/06
Es mejor que las nuevas generaciones vayan a la tienda de videos y renten la versión original
01/01/00
Even with Hitchcock’s shot list and a visual record of the crime, Van Sant can’t come up with anything more than a wan tribute to the master, proving it takes more than a good storyboard to make a film work.
01/01/00
The most hyped karoake act in history.
01/01/00
As Norman Bates, Vince Vaughn makes us better appreciate how much Anthony Perkins brought to the original project.
01/01/00
This is a lifeless, workmanlike project; all tension has been leeched away. Also, it's in color.
01/01/00
Top Critic...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.
09/16/08
This gutsy cinematic experiment is more than just a curiosity. It's an intelligent homage (at times even a spoof) and still a bit of a hand-wringer, even though pop culture has spoiled all the surprises.
01/01/00
Vaughn, from the outset, seems like a loose cannon, a nut case, a psycho. Unlike Anthony Perkins who, at first, appeared as a shy mama's boy, Vaughn adds an extra layer of menace to his Norman that renders Van Sant's film a bit a-kilter.
01/01/00
Less a remake and more a scene-by-scene reconstruction, with all of the original dialogue intact.
01/01/00
Contains nothing to outrage or offend partisans of the original, yet neither does it stand to add much to their appreciation.
03/26/09
Top CriticSince this is a virtual shot-by-shot, line-by-line remake of the original masterpiece, it’s like watching a new version of a Shakespeare play. Think about it.
01/01/00
A lot of people may not get the point of recreating a work such as Psycho. I didn't get it, until I saw the film.
04/09/05
A Psycho that functions perfectly on its own terms while polishing this jewel of a thriller into its own bright new gleam.
01/10/03
Having all of this distinctly '60s material played out by '90s performers in living color makes for a film that feels jarringly anachronistic...
01/01/00
Unnecessary!
01/01/00
The movie is an invaluable experiment in the theory of cinema, because it demonstrates that a shot-by-shot remake is pointless; genius apparently resides between or beneath the shots, or in chemistry that cannot be timed or counted.
01/01/00
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