Vertigo

1958 "Alfred Hitchcock engulfs you in a whirlpool of terror and tension!"
8.3| 2h9m| PG| en
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A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

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Micitype Pretty Good
BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
strike-1995 Unfortunately this coasts on the man's reputation.
ts-98102 An incredible perfect blend of background music, camera work, fascinating story, acting, suspense, and mesmerizing romance.
ahmetsemiherdem Watching this movie in 2018 for the first time,i can say i find it pretty average.Its hard for me to review this movie in 1950s standarts as I'm only 23 years old.The acting is good and Kim Novak is simply an angel.The scenes with James Stewart following Kim with his car are too LONG.At some point it gets pretty boring.Also It shouldnt be that hard to realize that Judy is actually the same women he fell in love and thought she died.I mean she only changed her hair,c'mon.But I guess It's normal when you think with that decade's innocence.The music in the movie is also average when you compare it with Hitchcock's other movie Psycho.
philipposx-12290 Although I prefer Hitchcock's Rear Window (1954) and arguably the best movie of all time Psycho (1960) there is no denying that Vertigo (1958) is another masterpiece by the master of suspense. Classic James Stewart is at his best and delivers. Hitchcock's typical style of rarely letting the tension up works perfectly since the movie is paced excellent and gives every character a time to shine. But what makes Vertigo so good is that the plot is completely unpredictable and in the beginning the story feels so bizarre. It's another one of Hitchcock's gripping thrillers and probably his most though-provoking. Like "Rear Window" this is barely missing the full points: 9/10