Eastwood's camera is rarely misplaced, and he shows a talent for the thriller genre worthy of a comparison to Hitchcock.
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07/30/09
Play Misty for Me (1971)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:24
Rotten:5
Average Rating:7.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Genre: Dramas
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... [More]
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills, John Larch
Director: Clint Eastwood
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Reviews for Play Misty for Me
Eastwood displays a vigorous talent for sequences of violence and tension. He has obviously seen Psycho and Repulsion more than once, but those are excellent texts and he has learned his lessons passing well.
08/30/09
Top CriticPlay Misty for Me (1971), Clint Eastwood's first film as star and director, is a suspenseful, thrilling film of psychotic sexual obsession.
01/01/00
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 CriticThe Man With No Name faces a whole lot of pain in Clint's thrilling directorial debut.
12/30/06
Clint's direction is sometimes shaky but usually assured, and he gets a bold performance from Jessica Walter.
04/09/07
I think the fault lies with Clint Eastwood the director, who has made too many easy decisions about events, about the management of atmosphere, about the treatment of performances.
05/21/03
Top CriticClint 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
Top CriticA highly enjoyable thriller.
02/09/06
For his directorial debut, Clint Eastwood opted to make this relatively straightforward but hopelessly dated Fatal Attraction clone (er, precursor).
09/09/03
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
Top CriticUn suspense qui profita abondamment de la largesse d'esprit du cinéma américain de l'époque, peut-être même un peu trop...
12/09/05
Aside from a few music-intensive segments that go on far too long, the story moves along at a brisk clip and there are a handful of good jolts along the way.
11/01/01
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
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.
04/08/08
Still quite effective stalker-thriller, has dated somewhat
10/23/04
Terrific tale of romantic obsession that pre-dated Fatal Attraction
06/16/03
Early, effective version of 'Fatal Attraction' theme
01/25/04
Early Clint behind the camera shows the promise to come.
01/08/05
Eastwood's imperfect debut movie is a thiller full of personality and zest.
08/24/07
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