Murder!
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: November 24, 1930 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Highly inventive, full of perverse touches and clever flourishes. [26 Nov 1999, p.A]
75
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
Hitchcock was still marking out his territory at this point, and the film is heavy and vague around the edges. But it remains a crucial insight into the development of one of the cinema’s greatest artists, and so, essential viewing. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyWesley Stenzel
After the introduction of the titular crime and a proto-12 Angry Men jury scene, the film becomes a playful meta-commentary on the inherent silliness of watching actors go through the motions of detective work, with numerous charming visual embellishments. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Well photographed and mounted, it contains all the gadgets of the pet Alfred Hitchcock technique, from quick cutting to skillful dialog blending. The dialog is very well written. Long episodes have clever satirical values as attacks on the conventional and lower-class English. Read full review
60
The New York TimesMordaunt Hall
Although the final scenes in Murder...do not live up to many that have gone before and there is a strange absence of true psychology in these closing stretches, there are episodes in this picture that are possessed of considerable merit. Read full review
60
Screen RantBen Protheroe
Although Murder lacks some of Hitchcock's signature guile, it's still a fun mystery with one or two flashes of visual brilliance. Read full review
60
The New YorkerPauline Kael
It's more languidly paced than his mid 30s work, and the dialogue is spoken in stage rhythms, but there are inventive moments.
50
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Is this not the most Hitchcockian title of all time? Even the exclamation point adds a certain parlor-game fustiness. It’s a pity that the movie’s only so-so. Read full review
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