Hitchcock.

There is no words that will ever quite capture the sheer brilliance of this film. It is essential film noir and utterly captivating from the opening credits.
The Score, The filmography, The visual effects. Everything blends so seamlessly it appears effortless.
This unconventional story is what you, an audience member, make it:
A tainted love affair.
A physiological thriller.
A voueristic fantasy.
A haunting detective story.
James Stewart is truly mesmerising it is like no performance he has delivered before and combined with Kim Novak's stunning beauty that just grasps you in a way that you can really believe Stewart's obsession with her character. Together their chemistry is enough to ignite a response that could keep anyone enticed.
I could watch this film over and over again and each time find some new aspect to love about it.
It is the perfect film and a remarkable achievement to the craft of filmmaking.
Hitchcock could never top this no matter how he tried, every single scene is like that from a dream. It's poetry for the screen.
The calibre of movies today could not even dare to stand next to this. There is a reason this film has a huge following.
Visually inspiring.
An absolute masterpiece.

A rather simple story of mistaken identity but without the grandeur of North by Northwest.
Once again Stewart plays the -same simple deadpan character accompanied by an "idealistic wife" Day who get caught up in kidnapping, espionage and a plot to assassinate the prime minister whilst on holiday! -But Doris Day sings her famous "Que Sera Sera" and things resolve themselves. The end.
As always Hitchcock shows how powerful a director his is by running long dramatic scenes without any dialogue. Arthur Benjamin's cantata Storm Clouds carries the movie's final act and successfully builds tension to a great action climax.
On a seperate note Day gets to flex her more professional acting muscles as a distraught mother, a role which effectively broke her out of being continually typecast. And the chemistry between Stewart and Day proves to be effortless and impressive.
Sadly the direction of this movie lulled from the moment it started up unto the end. One of the movie's main problems was that from the beginning the audience knew what to expect and there was no development to unroll. Which puts a whole dead-end to the mystery element of the plot really early on. Overall it felt the story's action was being held back! On the other hand Hitchcock carries this movie pretty much till the end on a whole lot of nothing except empathy... which is just one of the reasons why he's a master.
Still one of Hitchcock's weakest...

Even despite Henry Fonda's wooden acting this still remains one of Hitchcock's weakest movies. This is because the story is apparently closely based on real events with no excitement or gripping tension like in other Hitchcock movies. Of course the direction is amazing and the way Hitchcock can easily tell a story without any form of dialogue is extremely apparent here. Intentionally alinating its audience from the direct narration at the beginning is very effective in a reportive hindsight however for entertainment purposes... it becomes very dull very quickly. Vera Miles despite her small role is the strongest performer and character in the entire movie however is sadly overlooked. I would personally say the movie is worth watching just to see how perfectly she acts like shes literally having a nervous breakdown. Interesting to the fans for Hitchcock's truly haunting portrayal of wrongful imprisonment but overall has a hard time standing against his other works. Underated for a reason.