Plantiana Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Lightdeossk Captivating movie !

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

bellino-angelo2014 I have to point out that since the age of 12 (when my passion for old and great movies began) I always loved Alfred Hitchcock's movies. They are so thrilling and so perfectly made that you can't leave the movie until it ends! And ''Marnie'' is one of the first Hitchcock movies I saw, and liked it.Marnie (Tippi Hedren) is a charming woman that has the habit of stealing for forget. She gets employed as a secretary at Rutland's, and she soon catches the attention of the owner, Mark (Sean Connery in one of his best non-007 movies). She eventually marries him, but the honeymoon is a disaster, and they soon return home. Eventually Connery tries to understand Marnie's temper, and it helps her to face her childhood traumas and it works. Sean Connery was perfect as the suave Mark, and Tippi Hedren in another great performance along with THE BIRDS. However, although not a masterpiece, it's still great and worth a look!

Smoreni Zmaj This movie is not one of Alfred's hits and it failed in theaters, but it deserves much higher reputation. Acting and directing are exquisite, and story, that begins as crime romance with humorous moments, develops into upsetting drama and holds attention through more than two hours. Only flaw are too obvious fake backgrounds in driving and riding scenes and in front of mother's house, but however stupid they look, those scenes do not diminish greatness of Hitchcock's directing. I recommend this movie to everyone, regardless of genre taste.8/10

jadedalex I hate to say anything bad about Hitchcock. He's my favorite director. I have sat through this movie and found it to be absolute dreck. I find the use of the color 'red' not symbolic, not artistic but merely contrived.Hitchcock's last great film was 'Psycho'. 'The Birds' is quite good, but I can almost feel all the work Hitch and his crew went through to do the bird scenes. The gas station / coffee shop scene is true genius, but Rod Taylor is no Cary Grant and Tippi Hedren is no Grace Kelly.'Marnie' tries to deal with rape, kleptomania and it all seems as inept as your typical TV movie. Connery is totally wasted in his role. I have no sympathy for any of the characters presented in this film.I realize some people view this movie as one of Hitchcock's 'greats'. Art is subjective. So if you find 'Marnie' to be a masterpiece, you are right. I find it very dull movie making (it would only get worse with the utterly terrible 'Topaz') and I am right, too.Hitchcock made so many fine films, I hate to even bring up his clunkers. But they exist. There are some bad Beatles' songs, too. But I'm not going there. Hitchcock was right on his game so much of the time, I simply ignore 'Marnie' because the man was an obvious genius and one of the most accomplished directors in the history of movie making.

Jawbox5 Marnie can be considered the last of a strong run in the second half of Hitchcock's career. It was his last featuring an icy blonde, much of his technical team, a score by regular collaborator Bernard Herrmann and the films that followed were more politically motivated and not of the same quality. At the time Hitchcock was on an amazing run, making four films in a row that are certain classics. Marnie differs from these films in that it is first and foremost a drama, one with little mystery or suspense and much more focus on psychology.Our title character is a thief who moves from job to job, donning different guises and stealing from them when she has gained trust. Despite her behaviour Marnie is a tough individual to get a grasp of, leaving us wondering why she carries out such acts. We gain little insights into Marnie's life throughout. She had no father, a mother who was distant and seems disturbed by the colour red. We know that it must add up to something. As a result this is by far Hitchcock's most character focused film. Marnie is the centrepiece and trying to figure her out is the core story, everything that takes place is built around the character. Tippi Hedren does an acceptable job playing such a difficult part but she seems out of place. Her emotions sound forced and she makes the character appear a little too passive at times. She simply struggles under the weight of such a role.The story takes shape when Mark Rutland, a wealthy publisher whose company she works for, finds out that she robbed from his safe and reveals to her that knows everything about her past habits. Things take a strange turn when Mark blackmails her into marrying him in order to keep her from going to jail. Mark does seem likable at first and we initially wonder what his reasoning is. But I struggle to believe that he's so attracted to Marnie that he's willing to jeopardise his image in order to uncover some type of trauma in her past. Not to mention that some of his sexual action towards her can make him difficult to sympathise with or understand. Sean Connery plays the role with all the sophistication and charm you could want which certainly adds appeal, but even then I don't think he gets that deep into the character. Much of the films strength lies with how it looks at its themes. This is a very psychological story and touches on issues that were seldom studied in films at the time. The idea of trauma controlling someone's personality and that person's inability to understand why that is. Much of the plot deals with Mark thinking that he can figure out Marnie's psychological issues and stop her compulsive lying and stealing. These parts of the film are the most interesting, we get glimpses into the characters mind-sets and can begin to understand their feelings. More of this would have been beneficial to the film on the whole. As the majority of the characters are hard to relate to or figure out we need to some insight into their situations. Instead we're left cold because it's hard to get a grip of their motivations.The direction is pretty good, Hitchcock doesn't try anything to fanciful but that works here. There are some really ropey effects during the horse-riding moments and the red fades do look daft, but I think that can be forgiven for the time period. The pacing is very well handled. Despite the films length and it's slower pace, there were never any passages were it became boring or unfocused. The sets, lighting and costumes all look effective too. I do enjoy the films colour scheme in fairness, its use of more muted colours matches the tone it is going for. And I know the film is going for more straight-up drama, but I find the lack of mystery and suspense slightly disappointed considering this story is perfect for both. In the end my biggest issue with Marnie is that it is rather unmemorable. It's the type of film you enjoy whilst watching but find it difficult to recall anything that outstanding afterwards. It's well directed but nothing out of the ordinary. It's competently acted but nobody stands out. We never really feel involved with these characters like we should do. I get the impression that Hitchcock loved the idea behind it all yet struggled to bring it into one flowing narrative. I give it credit that its story is an intriguing one and it manages to tackle some fascinating themes effectively, but beyond on that it is very much by the numbers. Not one of Hitchcock's best, not one of his worst, just very much middle ground.