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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
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Already my mother and I mourn the day when some AVID editor will dare to digitally tweak Vertigo, spinning it into a virtual romantic comedy starring computer-directed replicas of Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Full Review |
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Contains nothing to outrage or offend partisans of the original, yet neither does it stand to add much to their appreciation. Full Review |
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...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. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Psycho doesn't do much for Van Sant, and he doesn't do much for Psycho. Full Review |
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4/10 |
Vaughn's Norman Bates is much inferior because he lacks the natural neurosis of Anthony Perkins.
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Deserves closer consideration than it received. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
The movie doesn't stink. The performances are good, potentially great, especially Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates, but he owns a scene just for doing that psychotic giggle of his. Full Review |
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B+ |
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. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Personally, I found the remake weaker than the original (which was only vaguely interesting anyway; then again, it's pretty much the same movie). Full Review |
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B+ |
To my absolute astonishment, I enjoyed the remake more than the original. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
franky it sucks Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Gus Vant Sant has remade Alfred Hitchcock's classic slasher film with so much reverence and so little originality that it is not clear what the point is. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
It's surprising to note that this film, mostly well-acted, is somewhat lacking on the technical side, which is what Hollywood usually does best these days. Full Review |
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A- |
A Psycho that functions perfectly on its own terms while polishing this jewel of a thriller into its own bright new gleam. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Predictably, it's (almost) the exact same film, but I wouldn't say that it's a pointless enterprise. Full Review |
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2/4 |
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1/5 |
It's not so much that this movie didn't need to be made. The real tragedy is that a group of enormously talented people wasted several months of their lives when together they could have done something fresh and exciting and original. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Gus Van Sant assumiu um trabalho ingrato: quando as cenas funcionam, em seu filme, a responsabilidade é de Hitchcock. Quando falham, a culpa é sua. Full Review |
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1/4 |
An utterly empty technical achievement. Full Review |
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