ChanBot i must have seen a different film!!

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

mmallon4 The Prize is my second favourite Hitchcock film he didn't direct (my favourite being 1941's All Through the Night). It's not instantly engaging from the start as there is a lot of setting up to do but becomes more and more tense as the film progresses. In classic Hitchcock fashion, once the mystery kicks in your left scratching your head wondering is the protagonist just paranoid or is something fishy really going on.I consider The Prize one of Paul Newman's best films, giving him the opportunity to show off his not often exposed comedic chops. Newman is one of few select actors in which I can ask the question, "honestly, who doesn't like Paul Newman?"; does there exist a more likable screen presence? Likewise Edward G. Robinson's role is reminiscent of his part in The Whole Town's Talking, playing a duel role of characters identical in appearance but with polar opposite personalities; while the hotel setting rings a bell of MGM's own Grand Hotel some 31 years prior. plus when you set your movie in Sweden it seems inevitable that someone will mention Greta Garbo along the way. Hitchcock himself also never fully took advantage of the cold war. Torn Curtain, although I do think is underrated, is imperfect while Topaz is one of his dullest outings. It's satisfying to see a superb Hitchcockian thriller with a plot about West vs. East. North By Northwest has the auction scene in which Cary Grant makes a fool of himself to get caught by the police in order to get away from the bad guys; The Prize has the same scene but ups the ante with having it taking place during a nudist meeting and of course naturally of all the countries in the world to a nudist meeting, where else but Sweden. The Prize is not quite Hitchcock's greatest hits but it's the closet a film comes to being so. There are other allusions to other Hitchcock films including The Lady Vanishes, Foreign Correspondent, Saboteur and Torn Curtain. Hang on, that one didn't come until three years after this movie. Huh, was Hitchcock inspired by this Hitchcock clone/rip-off/ homage/whatever you want to call it. As far as imitations of someone else's work goes it doesn't get pulled of any better than this.

utgard14 In Sweden to be awarded the Nobel Prize in literature, author Andrew Craig (Paul Newman) jokes that fellow laureate Dr. Max Stratman (Edward G. Robinson) might be an impostor and no one would know. Turns out the joke is closer to reality than Craig realizes as Dr. Stratman has been replaced by a Communist lookalike. Craig becomes suspicious of the impostor and soon his suspicions put his life in danger.Mark Robson's enjoyable spy movie has Hitchcockian elements but doesn't quite reach the level of the master. The pieces are there, though. Newman's his usual charming self and has good chemistry with Elke Sommer and Diane Baker. Robinson's always great. It's a little overlong and the first hour could use a trim. Hitchcock would have jumped into the main plot a lot sooner, I think. But that's just one of the many differences between a decent director and a great one.

Agnelin "The prize" is a quite delightful and cosmopolitan mix of comedy and mystery, packed with a top-notch cast that make the whole show well worth watching, in addition to a witty and funny script.Paul Newman is the undisputed protagonist, displaying his star charisma and attractiveness to the most. He stars as Andrew Craig, a cynical, womanizing and fun-loving, but very insightful American novelist who travels to Stockholm in order to attend the ceremony where he'll be given the Literature Nobel prize. He is greeted by gorgeous Swedish government representative Inger (Elke Sommer), very much in a stereotypical (but probably deliberately so) ice-queen role. In his hotel, he will meet other awardees, such as German-born Dr Stratman (Edward G. Robinson, wonderful as ever) and his elusive niece, cardiologists Dr Farelli and Dr Garrett, or French scientists Drs. Denise and Claude Marceau, among a chorus of hotel employees, busboys, Government representatives and local characters that serve as tongue-in-cheek comedic support for the main plot.The movie takes its time introducing each of the characters, so it's hard to tell whether you're in for a romantic movie, a glamorous comedy or something else. The well-written character of Mr Craig will lead us effortlessly and cheerfully through the several sequences until the real action starts, and we will be caught in a Hitchcock-esque international mystery story with sparkling dialog, lots of flirting and romance, and a good display of humor.The mystery, while being the motor of the story, is however not the main ingredient. I personally found the romantic and the humorous tones to be the dominating ones here. All in all, it's a very agreeable comedy, with good writing and very likable characters.My vote is 7/10.

David I absolutely enjoyed this 2+ hour-long movie, and the fact that, as others have mentioned, it's inspired by Hitchcock doesn't change anything.I liked Newman's character. A man who is more interested in women and drink rather than the Nobel Prize, who has a devil-may-care attitude towards everything, decides to endanger his own life when he realizes his colleague is in trouble. Maybe he does it partially because he is bored and partially because he has been writing detective stories for the past few years, but it is interesting to watch his behavior anyway.Although the plot is pretty simple, there is something that gets you hooked from the very beginning and doesn't let you go until the very last phrase. The film is very interesting, and the supporting characters play a significant role here.