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Obsession suffers in comparison to the Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece that it mirrors, but director Brian De Palma's unique preoccupations give this thriller its own compulsive, twisted fingerprint.
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All Critics (26) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (19) | Rotten (7)
De Palma's direction has its splashy slickness, but the people serve as mere props for the effects. January 1, 2020 | Full Review…
De Palma's direction has its splashy slickness, but the people serve as mere props for the effects.
John Simon
Whatever shred of credibility the movie retains is dispersed by the final, dead serious directorial hocus‐pocus. December 13, 2017 | Full Review…
Whatever shred of credibility the movie retains is dispersed by the final, dead serious directorial hocus‐pocus.
Walter Goodman
Subtlety is a not a term that can often be applied to DePalma's work, but it's this uncharacteristic restraint that helps make "Obsession" his masterpiece. April 24, 2015 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Subtlety is a not a term that can often be applied to DePalma's work, but it's this uncharacteristic restraint that helps make "Obsession" his masterpiece.
Lou Lumenick
Another of De Palma's fearlessly experimental whims. September 3, 2006 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Another of De Palma's fearlessly experimental whims.
Eric Henderson
Sometimes overwrought excess can be its own reward. If Obsession had been even a little more subtle, had made even a little more sense on some boring logical plane, it wouldn't have worked at all. October 23, 2004 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Sometimes overwrought excess can be its own reward. If Obsession had been even a little more subtle, had made even a little more sense on some boring logical plane, it wouldn't have worked at all.
Roger Ebert
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Nell Minow
Obsession is a laughably bad film. So bad, in fact, that it becomes almost interesting to speculate on why all the critical enthusiasm. June 29, 2020 | Full Review…
Obsession is a laughably bad film. So bad, in fact, that it becomes almost interesting to speculate on why all the critical enthusiasm.
Clancy Sigel
Striking performances by Cliff Robertson and Genevieve Bujold (in a two-character portrayal) help to make the Hitch-cock-like direction (especially Vertigo) both effective and rewarding. May 26, 2020 | Full Review…
Striking performances by Cliff Robertson and Genevieve Bujold (in a two-character portrayal) help to make the Hitch-cock-like direction (especially Vertigo) both effective and rewarding.
David A. Nardozzi
Not only is it sick, but flawed with contrivances, imitation Hitchcock gimmicks, and unanswered questions. October 29, 2019 | Full Review…
Not only is it sick, but flawed with contrivances, imitation Hitchcock gimmicks, and unanswered questions.
Ruth Batchelor
The result is a positive, life-affirming work made by people who know how to exorcise their personal obsessions with beauty and craft. October 29, 2019 | Full Review…
The result is a positive, life-affirming work made by people who know how to exorcise their personal obsessions with beauty and craft.
C. Jerry Kutman
This was a... friendly reminder to never underestimate the power of Brian De Palma. His collaboration with Paul Schrader here fit like a glove, and together they crafted a breakneck thriller January 24, 2019 | Full Review…
This was a... friendly reminder to never underestimate the power of Brian De Palma. His collaboration with Paul Schrader here fit like a glove, and together they crafted a breakneck thriller
Ed Travis
Obsession endures because De Palma fanatics can see the origins of the director's obsessions make their way on to the screen. January 22, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Obsession endures because De Palma fanatics can see the origins of the director's obsessions make their way on to the screen.
Sean Mulvihill
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