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Geeta [ 10.0 ]
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A thriller that's not insulting to the viewer's intelligence. Well-written and full of plot twists. This is the best example of why Hitchcock is viewed as the master of suspense.
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chapter11 [ 9.0 ]
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Hitchcock's grandiose, unpretentious genre film is atypical in that it doesn't turn the psychological complexities up to eleven like "Psycho," "Vertigo," and the like. Fortunately, "North By Northwest" is a uniformly enthralling film, by equal turns exciting, smoldering, and funny, and vintage Hitchcock in that it introduces a wealth of unique characters and inventive setpieces. Eva Marie Saint doesn't quite ooze the devastating, wily femininity that her character should, but she works well with Cary Grant, effortlessly entertaining even as he ages, his dress and mannerisms betraying an air of Bond-like sophistication a good five years before the 007 franchise ever took off. A few unbelievable plot devices aside (mount friggin RUSHMORE??) "North By Northwest" is the sort of dashing, breathless entertainment that should befit a film of its length - it sustains its semi-lengthy runtime admirably, never ever growing dull. Pure, unmatched fun.
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kcremer [ 8.5 ]
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Another great thriller from Alfred Hitchcock, this time starring Cary Grant as an advertising exec who gets mistaken by the government as a spy and has to escape their deadly pursuit.
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brandon [ 8.0 ]
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one of hitchcock's widely referenced classics .. although unlike "rear window" or "vertigo", this is more of a straight ahead thriller of mistaken identity .. still a good film, but i have to say i was disappointed ..
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babyduck [ 7.0 ]
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"The one with the cropduster"
I thought it was amusing and must have been amazing back in the day when it first aired but since Hitchcock is such the "must emulate" director for everyone that the original doesn't seem all that amazing these days. What a comment on pop culture eh?
Man Eve Marie Saint was hot!
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astrosheil [ 9.0 ]
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Another Hitchcock thriller which is a classic. You can see it over and over and still catch your breath as the plane swoops over Cary Grant's head ready to pounce.
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JD [ 6.0 ]
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As is typical with most Alfred Hitchcock films, the pace at which he directed stories make it difficult to watch an entire movie. This film about a man who gets mixed up with an international spy didn't show me why this has been given CLASSIC status.
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| Weighted Rating | : 7.9 |
| No. Ratings | : 24 | |
| No. Reviews | : 8 | |
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