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Name: Vertigo
Released: 1958-5-9
Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore

Vertigo

PG
2h 8m
1958

92%

Considered by many to be director Alfred Hitchcock's greatest achievement, Leonard Maltin gives Vertigo four stars, hailing it as "A genuinely great motion picture." Set among San Francisco's renown landmarks, James Stewart is brilliant as Scottie Ferguson, an acrophobic detective hired to shadow a friend's suicidal wife, Madeleine (Kim Novak). After he saves her from drowning in the bay, Scottie's interest shifts from business to fascination with the icy, alluring blonde. When he finds another woman remarkably like his lost love, the now obsessed detective must unravel the secrets of the past to find the key to his future.

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Producer:

Alfred Hitchcock

Writer:

Alec Coppel, Samuel Taylor

Cast:

James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

92%

Critics Consensus: An unpredictable scary thriller that doubles as a mournful meditation on love, loss, and human comfort.

Reviews

Filmspotting

Adam Kempenaar

Once it switches over to us getting inside her head... I started seeing it more as Judy's story than Scottie's.

February 9, 2024

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Me gusta el cine

Sebastian Zavala Kahn

It's a product of its time (especially when it comes to the treatment of the female characters), and it's not trying to be just a thriller. Rather, it is a story about a doomed romance that turns into a dangerous obsession. Full review in Spanish.

Novak feels like she was left out to dry by Hitchcock as he spent far more time paying attention to the location of the brooch on her lapel than he spent instructing her on how to convey her character’s emotions.

Vertigo is a film with numerous layers that can be discussed in depth and at length. That’s not to say it isn’t also an enjoyable film. Hitchcock knew how to make them. That’s why his films are generally beloved by critics and audiences alike.

It is a story of obsession and control...

September 13, 2022

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