Play Misty for Me (1971)
81 %
Reviews Counted: 27 Fresh: 22 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 7.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Synopsis: Clint Eastwood's first film as a director is a good one with adequate suspense and some timely shocks to keep the story moving. He plays a disc jockey plagued by a female fan who loves him to death... See FATAL ATTRACTION for an interesting comparison. Features the Roberta Flack song "The First... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills, John Larch, Jack Ging
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The star chose to cut his teeth on this small-scale movie, and the result -- although inevitably dated by its terrible clothes and period ambience -- stands up well but only as good late night television viewing.
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04/08/08
Much of the credit must go to Jessica Walter for her outstanding performance which somehow manages to be chilling while at the same time sympathetic.
04/08/08
For that 80% of the film which constitutes the story, the structure and dialog create a mood of nervous terror which the other 20% nearly blows away.
04/08/08
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Clint Eastwood wisely chose a strong, simple thriller for his first film as a director, and the project is remarkable in its self-effacing dedication to getting the craft right.
04/08/08
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Clint's direction is sometimes shaky but usually assured, and he gets a bold performance from Jessica Walter.
04/09/07
The Man With No Name faces a whole lot of pain in Clint's thrilling directorial debut.
12/30/06
Un suspense qui profita abondamment de la largesse d'esprit du cinéma américain de l'époque, peut-être même un peu trop...
12/09/05
There is no purpose to a suspense thriller, I suppose, except to involve us, scare us, to give us moments of vicarious terror. Play Misty for Me does that with an almost cruel efficiency.
10/23/04
Top Critic
Em seu filme de estréia como diretor, Eastwood troca a tensão pelo susto fácil a partir da segunda metade da trama, errando ainda no longo e embaraçoso ‘interlúdio musical’.
03/15/04
For his directorial debut, Clint Eastwood opted to make this relatively straightforward but hopelessly dated Fatal Attraction clone (er, precursor).
09/09/03
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