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Mark Garrett
28May12
The shots are typically (of Hitchcock) smart, the best of which being one that centers on a flustered looking Joan Fontaine at the end of a table, and then panning out to show the full, ridiculously out-of-her-league dining room.
Kristine Bizzarro
26Mar12
The opening scene is so perfectly constructed, I loved it, and Judith Anderson is spectacular. However, something about the story following the discovery of the sail boat and Maxim's confession to Mrs. de Winter lost my interest. The answers seemed all too simple for the delusive Rebecca I had been led to envision.
orsonmotherfuckerwelles
6Mar12
Although the ending is good, the last 30 minutes are terrible. If the film ended at 100 min, instead of running it's absurd 130 min, Rebecca would be a masterpiece. Because it doesn't, it's just a very good film.
MrDickPump
28Feb12
El debut cinematográfico de Hitchcock en USA marca la pauta para sus espectáculos más grandes, no intenta ser pretenciosa, es voluminosa, necesita serlo, y Mr. Alfred logra darle esa iconografía que lo caracteriza pero al mismo tiempo logra venderse y ganar unos cuantos adeptos, no necesariamente su mejor obra, pero si un gigantesco debut.
asuraf
5Feb12
Hitchcock comes to America and runs into a never ending battle with super producer David O. Selznick, but as much as that may sound like a bad thing, the Selznick/Hitchcock collaborations turned out nothing but great films, and this first, which won Selznick his second Best Picture in a row, is gloriously polished in unmistakable Hollywood prestige.
Liam Peters
30Nov11
So here's the dilemma when watching films that are labelled classics: If you hate them you're uncultured; if you love them you're smart; if you're indifferent you're seen to be too cool for school. What then if you're adamant that the film is a complete misread of its source material, overblown and poorly conceived? Everything about Rebecca screams artifice. Nothing in it establishes a world of reality.
Rina
18Nov11
The first part is utter perfection. It is brilliantly atmospheric, eerie, haunting. Alas, the second part, starting with the discovery of the boat, lacks all those qualities. It presents too many simple solutions to an otherwise perfectly complex story. The characters turn flat, the inquest is not half as interesting as Mrs. de Winter's struggle at Manderley. Still a classic, though. It is a Hitch after all.
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Valerie Chiang
26Jul11
one of my favourite Hitchcock movies. so unlike his signature films, yet his style and vision is still present.
Catarina Gomes
1Jul11
It was of genius not to give a face to Rebbeca. It makes her much more present and it is easier for the new wife to fear her. Liked particulary the scene when Anderson is showing to new Mrs. de Winter the bedroom of the late wife, evidencing at the same time how Rebecca was so much more than her. And she is, also, much more we think.
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Zachary George Najarian-Najafi
13Feb11
It's a bit like Hitchcock Lite. While Rebecca works as a great gothic romance, full of atmosphere and visual brilliance, I found it to lack overall in the suspense department, and for the most part it was pretty predictable. I think the problem is that Selznick's showmanship clashes with Hitch's economical storytelling and it just doesn't work. That, and it's way too long. But still, it's Hitch, and it's a lot of fun
4peace
12Nov10
In Manderley there was a room for everything. For writing letters, for mornings, for dressing and for death. My #1 Hitchcock. For now.
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Daniel S.
1Jun10
***1/2 I was filled with enthusiasm until the scene when Joan Fontaine nearly commits suicide. Everything was, before this moment, just perfect : the atmosphere, the actors and the cinematography. As soon as Joan Fontaine decides to rebel against adversity and Olivier starts to soften, REBECCA doesn't differ anymore from hundreds of other Hollywood crime movies of that period. The confession scene of Laurence Olivier in the cabin is terribly long and boring and the expedition in order to question Rebecca's doctor disappointing. Recommended, though.
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Andhika Eka Buana
12Nov09
his is why hitchcock is a legend ! even a love story that seems so sweet can he turn into a suspensful and twisted motion picture,.and simply amazing considering it is his first american motion picture
Kai White
2Jul09
Magnificent. If this is not Hitchcock's best, it's certainly right up there. How can someone compete with the dead? Fascinating question, with murder and intrigue to boot. The cast is as good as it gets. I really liked Fontaine a lot as the "new" Mrs. de Winter, and I'm the biggest fan ever of George Sanders. Judith Anderson was as creepy as creepy gets as Mrs. Danvers. One of my all time favorites.
Phil Worfel
4Dec08
If it hadn't been tainted by Selznick I wouldn't be so annoyed by it. Good performances.