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| Universal Pictures | Release Date: April 9, 1976 |
Starring:
Barbara Harris, Bruce Dern, Cathleen Nesbitt, Ed Lauter, Edith Atwater, Karen Black, Katherine Helmond, Warren J. Kemmerling, William Devane, William Prince
Summary:
A phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/private investigator boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
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The performances are first-rate (finally free of the casting constraints, Hitchcock displayed--in 1972's Frenzy as well--a deliciously offbeat taste in performers) and the screenplay by Ernest Lehman (North By Northwest) is a witty model of construction. The humor is more obvious and subversive than any of Hitchcock's films since The Trouble With Harry.
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Its visual wit and spiritual resonance are truly inimitable even in this age of merchandised mimicry. [19 Apr 1976, p.64]
Because there is no point in worrying over hapless victims, the audience can devote its energies to trying to guess how the master will stage his next sneak attack. It's futile. At 76, Hitchcock is still one jump ahead. [05 Apr 1976, p.85]
Everything's laid out for us and made clear, we understand the situation we can see where events are leading... and then, in the last 30 minutes, he springs one concealed trap after another, allowing his story to fold in upon itself, to twist and turn, and scare and amuse us with its clockwork irony.
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Oct 6, 2020
Maybe if this one it's not the best Hitchcock movie, it has certain elements that are quite entertaining and "hitchcocky"
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Jul 10, 2022
An average plot elevated by superb direction. The talented cast and compelling screenplay breath life into each character. The pacing and editing are a masterclass in storytelling. The two hour runtime breezes past.
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