Don't Look Now (1973)
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95% of critics liked it
(42 reviews) -
77% of users liked it
(16,528 ratings)
A married couple is haunted by a series of mysterious occurrences after the death of their young daughter in this enigmatic chiller. Based on a story by Daphne du Maurier, whose works inspired Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca and The Birds, the film centers on Laura and John Baxter (Donald Sutherland… More A married couple is haunted by a series of mysterious occurrences after the death of their young daughter in this enigmatic chiller. Based on a story by Daphne du Maurier, whose works inspired Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca and The Birds, the film centers on Laura and John Baxter (Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie), who have recently relocated to Venice so that John can oversee the architectural restoration of an old church. Both hope that the change of environment will allow them to forget the recent tragic demise of their child, but they instead find themselves surrounded by reminders of death, as the city attempts to deal with a series of unexplained murders. The eeriness intensifies when they encounter a blind psychic and her eccentric sister, who promise to contact her daughter's spirit. Laura embraces the idea, but John remains skeptical until he experiences his own visions: fleeting glimpses of someone in a red coat similar to one that belonged to his daughter. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi
- Directed By
- Nicolas Roeg
- Written By
- Chris Bryant, Allan Scott
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
- In Theaters
- Dec 9, 1973 Limited
- On DVD
- Sep 3, 2002
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
Critic Reviews
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James Berardinelli, ReelViews
[Don't Look Now] takes the viewer on a winding, unpredictable trip that starts as a meditation on grief and ends as a supernatural thriller.
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, TIME Magazine
Uses the occult and the inexplicable as Henry James did: to penetrate the subconscious, to materialize phantoms from the psyche.
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
A frightening and consistently inventive horror story.
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Variety Staff, Variety
This British-Italian suspenser, in which the horror gets to one almost subliminally, as in Rosemary's Baby, is superior stuff.
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Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
That dwarf in a red raincoat will fry your nerves.
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Cast
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Julie Christie
as Laura Baxter
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Donald Sutherland
as John Baxter
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Hilary Mason
as Heather
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Clelia Matania
as Wendy
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Massimo Serato
as Bishop Barbarigo
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Renato Scarpa
as Inspector Longhi
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Adelina Poerio
as Dwarf
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Ann Rye
as Mandy Babbage
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Nicholas Salter
as Johnny Baxter
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David Tree
as Anthony Babbage
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Giorgio Trestini
as Workman
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Leopoldo Trieste
as Hotel Manager
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Sharon Williams
as Christine Baxter
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Bruno Cattaneo
as Detective Sabbione