
1 year
Walter Chaw
90 posts |
2012-03-06
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writing about it is almost as intimidating as pretending that there's anything new to say about it. But here goes.
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1 year
James Plath
24 posts |
2012-02-11
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Romantic melodrama. If contemporary viewers think of "Notorious" in those terms, it will still strike them as the classic it's become.
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1 year
Kevin Carr
102 posts |
2012-02-06
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as much of a romance as it is a spy thriller
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1 year
Matt Brunson
103 posts |
2012-01-25
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Second only to Psycho as my favorite Hitchcock movie.
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2 years
Emanuel Levy
391 posts |
2011-04-28
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Hitchcock's second masterpiece (after Shadow of a Doubt) is a richly dense meditation on romantic love, featuring exquisite performances by Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant.
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3 years
Kadar
107 posts |
2009-10-11 04:27:56
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4 years
Jeffrey M. Anderson
431 posts |
2009-02-13
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A nearly flawless espionage thriller that has been mimicked many times since, but never equaled.
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4 years
Wally Hammond
17 posts |
2009-01-16
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It's the accuracy, efficiency and control of Hitchcock's direction that most impress. They enable him to dovetail the film's thriller format and romantic story to dizzying, expressive and unique effect.
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4 years
Full Review
1016 posts |
2009-01-16
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A glorious exercise in film style, where virtuoso camerawork combines with the characters to create a wonderful harmony of visuals and narrative - and where the complexities of character and story exist above and beyond the dictates of genre.
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4 years
James Christopher
7 posts |
2009-01-16
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Hitchcock's classic 1946 thriller Notorious is a terrific romantic tango between Ingrid Bergman's exotic and spicy socialite and Cary Grant's prim and proper American spy. It's also shameless war propaganda.
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4 years
Peter Bradshaw
143 posts |
2009-01-16
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Notorious has fascinating echoes of other Hitchcock movies such as Rebecca and Psycho. A must-see or must-see-again.
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7 years
Steve Crum
203 posts |
2006-03-09
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Stunning, smooth Hitchcock thriller benefits from Cary and Ingrid.
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7 years
Luke Y. Thompson
100 posts |
2005-06-27
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There's no mincing words here: NOTORIOUS is badly dated.
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9 years
Nick Davis
47 posts |
2003-08-14
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Shimmering and stealthy in its violence, Notorious is Hitchcock's best of the 1940s.
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10 years
Marjorie Baumgarten
131 posts |
2003-03-10
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Bergman and Grant sizzle in this espionage tale written by Ben Hecht.
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10 years
Ken Hanke
444 posts |
2002-11-05
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Occasionally too slow, but compelling
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11 years
John A. Nesbit
96 posts |
2002-01-27
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The suspense builds continually, operating on multi-layers...
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11 years
Michael Atkinson
37 posts |
2001-11-06
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Alfred Hitchcock's most openly sensual film.
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11 years
James Kendrick
160 posts |
2001-10-30
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the best of Alfred Hitchcock's espionage thrillers and one the strongest works of his extensive cinematic career
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11 years
David Bezanson
13 posts |
2001-10-23
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This is one of Hitchcock's best films.
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13 years
Roger Ebert
310 posts |
2000-01-01
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Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious is the most elegant expression of the master's visual style, just as Vertigo is the fullest expression of his obsessions.
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13 years
Kim Newman
45 posts |
2000-01-01
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Gorgeously shot in luminous monochrome, it's all wrapped up with an extremely suspenseful last reel.
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13 years
Brian Webster
69 posts |
2000-01-01
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While there's little action in Notorious, there is plenty of suspense.
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13 years
Full Review
1016 posts |
2000-01-01
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This brilliant Hitchcock offering combines romance, suspense, and international intrigue with unforgettable performances from Grant and Bergman.
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13 years
Tim Dirks
73 posts |
2000-01-01
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Notorious (1946) is a classic Hitchcockian post-war psychological suspense/thriller. The basis of the film came from the 1921 Saturday Evening Post two-part
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13 years
Ted Prigge
23 posts |
2000-01-01
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If Rear Window was brilliant because of how deep it was, and Vertigo was brilliant for how existential it was, Notorious is brilliant because of how simple it is.
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13 years
Bosley Crowther
88 posts |
2000-01-01
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Check up another smash hit for a fine and experienced team.
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13 years
Keith H. Brown
10 posts |
2000-01-01
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There is also, of course, virtuoso direction from the master.
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