Hitchcock

Name: Hitchcock
Genre: Biography, Drama
Released: November 23, 2012
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 55
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Danny Huston, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Toni Collette

2012

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Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: November 23, 2012 | PG-13

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Danny Huston, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Toni Collette

Summary: Hitchcock is a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock and his wife and partner Alma Reville. The film takes place during the making of Hitchcock's seminal movie Psycho.

Director: Sacha Gervasi

Genre(s): Biography, Drama

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 98 min

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Rex Reed

Nov 20, 2012

This is one of the best movies of 2012. With rich performances, a riveting and articulate screenplay, meticulous direction and enough grounded emotional intensity to keep your pulse pounding, Hitchcock grabs you by the lapels like a suspense classic by Hitch himself - a knockout from start to finish. Read full review

Peter Travers

Nov 20, 2012

Hopkins and Mirren are acting pros in stellar form. There's no way you want to miss the pleasure of their company in a movie that offers a sparkling and unexpectedly poignant look at how to sustain a career and a marriage. Read full review

Steve Persall

Dec 5, 2012

A movie as fun as it is flawed. Read full review

Ella Taylor

Nov 23, 2012

The film never coheres. Trying to carve out a space between black comedy and straight evocation of a difficult but rewarding marriage, the movie never settles on a tone. Read full review

Empire Ian Nathan

Feb 4, 2013

Hitchcock for dummies: brisk, jolly, well-played but oversimplified. Read full review

Dana Stevens

Nov 21, 2012

I wouldn't recommend Hitchcock to cinephiles seeking a bold new take on the master's life or work, but if all you want is to while away the afternoon in the company of some excellent actors in plummy period costume, Gervasi's film is not without its pleasures. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Nov 23, 2012

Hitchcock rings false from start to finish. Read full review

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anothercoolguy

Dec 4, 2012

Great acting by Mirren and Hopkins .

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Thegodfatherson

Feb 18, 2013

As he used to say- murder has come home, where it belongs" Alfred's Psycho was one of the best movies ever made and This movie tells us how Alfred actually made the movie. Now Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren were great in this film, Scarlet was good and others were nice too. The mainAs he used to say- murder has come home, where it belongs" Alfred's Psycho was one of the best movies ever made and This movie tells us how Alfred actually made the movie. Now Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren were great in this film, Scarlet was good and others were nice too. The main thing I liked about this movie is that it has Details, details that good films need but they don't have! This Overall documentary is very good, not the fact that it has good cast and direction but the fact that its a meaningful movie!… Expand

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dante_finn

Nov 25, 2012

Broadly enjoyable pop art bio pic.

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Desassossego

Dec 22, 2017

Hitchcock has some tonal inconsistencies and it doesn't really offer the development some would expect on a historical and biographical level that the trailer and the marketing campaign may have promised. Still, it's a far superior movie than I expected.
It takes some creative liberties withHitchcock has some tonal inconsistencies and it doesn't really offer the development some would expect on a historical and biographical level that the trailer and the marketing campaign may have promised. Still, it's a far superior movie than I expected.
It takes some creative liberties with the real events, and focuses some themes that I wasn't really prepared for, and all that risk ends up being rewarded in a movie that gave me some entertainment and pleasure as a viewer.

In the end, even if you don't necessarily agree with my last paragraph, the movie is still relevant due to the amazing work of its two leads: Hopkins and Mirren.
Mirren, however, is the one who really shines and steals every single scene she's in.… Expand

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beingryanjude

Sep 1, 2014

An interesting take on the creation of an American classic. Although, the film lacks a certain niche which made Hitchcock films so powerful. Nevertheless, Helen Mirren and Anthony Hopkins' performances are able to elevate the film to a higher level.

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MarcDoyle

Nov 23, 2012

It's a decent film, but there's just not a whole lot to it. If you're a fan of Psycho, specifically, it gives you a nice window into the financial making of the film. But the movie feels like it just scratches the surface of the truly interesting aspects of the filmmaker's life and career.It's a decent film, but there's just not a whole lot to it. If you're a fan of Psycho, specifically, it gives you a nice window into the financial making of the film. But the movie feels like it just scratches the surface of the truly interesting aspects of the filmmaker's life and career. Mirren is solid, as usual, but it feels like the range of her talents are a bit wasted. Hopkins (with his make-up artist) truly transforms himself (the actor) into larger than life director. It seems to me like the script could have been a touch more ambitious.… Expand

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Broyax

Jan 11, 2017

Pourquoi un film sur Hitchcock au fait ? j'aurais plutôt visé Kubrick à leur place. Il s'agit d'un réalisateur très surestimé qui a toujours orbité autour d'une certaine médiocrité : le roi des collages, du tournage en studio, des éclairages à 3000 watts, des bavardages sans fin, d'une misePourquoi un film sur Hitchcock au fait ? j'aurais plutôt visé Kubrick à leur place. Il s'agit d'un réalisateur très surestimé qui a toujours orbité autour d'une certaine médiocrité : le roi des collages, du tournage en studio, des éclairages à 3000 watts, des bavardages sans fin, d'une mise en scène lente et apathique avec ici et là quelques tics qui sont censés faire "peur"... la belle affaire !

Il n'était clairement pas doué et le film met en lumière assez bien cet aspect : si sa femme Alma n'intervenait pas sur tous les plans sur tous ses films, on en aurait jamais entendu parler. Sauf que même avec Alma, on ne peut pas dire que cela ait suffi à métamorphoser ses citrouilles en carrosses.

Mais qu'importe après tout s'il s'agit d'un film sur un tocard même si cela déteint forcément sur cette monographie bon enfant avec en premier lieu ce grimage très exagéré d'Anthony Hopkins qui surjoue ce clown plus faux que nature. Heureusement, Helen Mirren donne un peu de consistance à Alma, sa muse de tous les instants.

L'autre rare qualité qu'il faut reconnaître au film concerne la censure de l'époque qui nous apparaît complètement délirante dans sa paranoïa de tous les instants et en même temps adéquate lorsqu'on entend les spectateurs crier d'effroi dans la salle devant ce Psychose : les Américains étaient donc de vrais Bisounours ! c'est sans doute ça, le plus effrayant dans toute cette histoire ridicule.

Le film Hitchcock a ce côté dérisoire d'un temps désuet, inintéressant et compassé, certes gentillet mais incroyablement neuneu dans son ensemble. A moins d'être un fanatique invétéré du réalisateur bien sûr. Et encore.… Expand

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