This movie was something that I thought I was going to hate going into it. I don’t generally like long movies and this one is pretty epic, clocking in at 131 minutes and taking us two class periods to watch. I ended up loving it mostly because it is so outrageously over the top and unapologetic about being as such.The way the puzzle pieces fit though is the best thing about the movie. There is a chain reaction that is really fun to chart and watch unfold. The affection I have for Cary Grant’s character in this one is pretty amazing, I have to say. Some of the shots that Hitchcock gets are amazing, and the way he manages to build tension (I’m speaking of the climatic scene in the house with the matchbook) is masterful.And Cary Grant! Oh, man. There is no one working in Hollywood today that can deliver a line like him and still manage to be as charming as he was despite saying some INCREDIBLY misogenistic things. George Cloony comes close I think or at least he’s trying really hard to.If you’re like me and all you know about this movie is the one shot with the plane (which is really impressive but isn’t the most powerful image in the film-how about a chase on the faces of Mount Rushmore? Yeah, that happens) please go and watch this, it’s so much fun.One complaint though: the movie just ends. Like a lot of earlier Hitchcock movies, it’s all build up, a short intense climax, and then credits.I did not mean for that to be as dirty as it sounds

This movie was something that I thought I was going to hate going into it. I don’t generally like long movies and this one is pretty epic, clocking in at 131 minutes and taking us two class periods to watch. I ended up loving it mostly because it is so outrageously over the top and unapologetic about being as such.
The way the puzzle pieces fit though is the best thing about the movie. There is a chain reaction that is really fun to chart and watch unfold. The affection I have for Cary Grant’s character in this one is pretty amazing, I have to say. Some of the shots that Hitchcock gets are amazing, and the way he manages to build tension (I’m speaking of the climatic scene in the house with the matchbook) is masterful.
And Cary Grant! Oh, man. There is no one working in Hollywood today that can deliver a line like him and still manage to be as charming as he was despite saying some INCREDIBLY misogenistic things. George Cloony comes close I think or at least he’s trying really hard to.
If you’re like me and all you know about this movie is the one shot with the plane (which is really impressive but isn’t the most powerful image in the film-how about a chase on the faces of Mount Rushmore? Yeah, that happens) please go and watch this, it’s so much fun.
One complaint though: the movie just ends. Like a lot of earlier Hitchcock movies, it’s all build up, a short intense climax, and then credits.
I did not mean for that to be as dirty as it sounds