Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

ThiefHott Too much of everything

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

wes-connors Baltimore architect Steve Guttenberg (as Terrance "Terry" Lambert) quickly hides a former bedmate's bra to prepare for a sexual visit from French blonde Isabelle Huppert (as Sylvia), who happens to be his boss' wife. The risky encounter is satisfying for both players. After copulating, Mr. Guttenberg shows off his buttocks while rising to visit the bathroom. Upon hearing a scream from outside the window, Ms. Huppert likewise shows her cheeky behind. The scream turns out to be barmaid Elizabeth McGovern (as Denise Connelly), assaulted by red-haired rapist-murderer Brad Greenquist (as Chris Henderson)...Through "The Bedroom Window", Huppert gets a good look at the perpetrator. But she cannot go to the police because husband Paul Shenar (as Collin Wentworth) would discover her affair with Guttenberg. To solve the problem and help catch the criminal, they decide Guttenberg will claim he saw the attack and gives the police Huppert's description. Of course, things don't go according to plan...This is an enjoyable homage to Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window" (1954) and others, with director Curtis Hanson, photographer Gilbert Taylor and Guttenberg contributing great flair. The segment visualizing Guttenberg's hearsay description of a murder could have been dropped, and the courtroom sequence reconsidered - but a few missteps do not detract from "The Bedroom Window" being a consistently engaging, entertaining and occasionally exciting thriller.******* The Bedroom Window (1/16/87) Curtis Hanson ~ Steve Guttenberg, Elizabeth McGovern, Isabelle Huppert, Brad Greenquist

Wizard-8 If Alfred Hitchcock had still been alive and making movies when "The Bedroom Window" project had been green-lit by the studio, I'm sure he would have been offered the job as director. Indeed, the premise of the movie fits comfortable with many of the movies he made. However, I am pretty sure the Master of Suspense would have not only insisted on the script being rewritten, he would have insisted on someone else being in the lead. The script should have been a lot tighter; the movie runs on much longer than it should have. Also, the characters in the movie make a lot of stupid decisions that lengthen the crisis, when characters of even average intelligence would have done a lot smarter things. And while Steve Guttenberg has been okay in other movies, here he is extremely miscast. His performance just adds to the air of dumbness that surrounds his character.In fairness, while the movie is stretched out, I can't say that there are any boring sections anywhere. And there are some well-executed moments that I think Hitchcock would have approved of. Still, I don't think this is a movie to actively seek out - wait until it crosses your path, preferably as a free screening.

Jerry Bank I was surprised to see the very favorable comments about this movie. There is no need for me to recapitulate the plot since many others have done so.I was shocked by how stupidly the characters of Terry and Denise are. Since they are the central people in the film, stupidity is not what we want from them.The plot is thin, but what Terry does with the situation beggars belief. I know that many movies depend of the main characters not doing what any reasonably intelligent and sane person would do in similar circumstances, but for some reason I found that in this movie the stupidity was too much to take.I will admit that I watched to to the end (on television), but I can't say that I would have been unhappy about the main characters coming to a bad end. They would have earned it.

Emaisie39 Although he rarely gets respect from the critics, Steve Guttenberg was quite a big film star in the 1980's. He made his first impression as a pudgy teenager who gets killed by Gregory Peck in the excellent "Boys From Brazil"(1978). The classic "Diner"(MGM,1982) established him as a fine actor and in "Police Academy"(1984) he was suddenly a buff leading man in a critically maligned yet audience loved box office blockbuster. He was now a "STAR" and the smash hits kept coming: several "Police Academy" sequels, "Short Circuit"(1985) and its sequel, the Oscar-winning classic Ron Howard's "Coccoon"(Universal, 1985) whose pool scene established him as a minor sex symbol, and finally the massive blockbuster "Three Men and a Baby"(Disney, 1987). Director/writer Curtis Hanson then cast him in the excellent Hitchcockian thriller "The Bedroom Window"(1987) alongside another young star of the time Elizabeth McGovern who had made a major impact in "Ragtime"(Paramount, 1981). Now he was a full-fledged star of a Top "A" quality film. This excellent thriller will keep you glued to screen. Hanson's taut direction, the gorgeous cinematography, and the excellent cast will hold your attention. The script has a couple holes but it is still very good. And Guttenberg who had a goofy face and could look geeky if not photographed carefully looks great so this should have been another feather in his cap. However this film tanked. Why I will never know. After this he would have one more big hit with "Three Men and a Little Lady"(Disney, 1990) and that was it. His career never recovered. Nonetheless his best films are definitely worth a look and "The Bedroom Window" is certainly among his best.