Rear Window (1954)

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• paul o

  
  A masterpiece in cinema. I loved every frame and the auteurism shown by Hitchcock will make any film maker jealous. Amazing piece of film!

• Film C

  
  I love Alfred Hitchcock he is a great director and makes really good movies, although this isnt my most favourite Hitchcock movie, it is still iconic and very uniquely impressive! Its suspenseful and seat gripping! A fan of Hitchcock then you'll love this movie!

• Jens S

  
  Classic Hitchcock thriller about a man with too much time on his hands, peeping at the neighborhood through his rear window. The film cleverly makes the audience his accomplice, sticking mostly to his point of view, with the adorable backyard making a very limited but special setting.… More
  Classic Hitchcock thriller about a man with too much time on his hands, peeping at the neighborhood through his rear window. The film cleverly makes the audience his accomplice, sticking mostly to his point of view, with the adorable backyard making a very limited but special setting. The film takes its time introducing the protagonist, his views on marriage and the world and the people he is looking at. But once things get more interesting the movie defines the excitement of having to witness something without being able to interfere. It's fun to see how the film plays with the audience's suspicions, expectations and the peeping tom in all of us. For its time that was an outstanding and unique film, that feels dated now but still has its perks.

• Graham J

  
  As close to "a perfect film" as you can get. In Hitchcock's greatest effort, everything comes together. Spectacular set design, amazing performances and ofcourse Hitchcock's trademark pitch perfect suspense.

• Christopher H

  
  A suspenseful yet very fun masterpiece. James Stewart gives a very charismatic performance.

• Eric A

  
  If you are a person who won't view an "old" movie, think again! Trust me this movie is just as exciting as anything made today. Hitchcock is truly a genius, no joke.

• Alexander D

  
  Hard to sit through.

• Candy R

  
  Classic Alfred Hitchcock. A housebound photographer suspects his neighbour of murdering his neighbour's wife. Stars James Stewart and Grace Kelly. It reminds me of What Lies Beneath and Disturbia.

• Jameson W

  
  For my first Hitchcock film ever, I was very pleased. A classic film that upholds its reputation as one of the best. It's such a great thriller, not only through the main story, but also the small stories of all the neighbors as well. I love all the characters and their… More
  For my first Hitchcock film ever, I was very pleased. A classic film that upholds its reputation as one of the best. It's such a great thriller, not only through the main story, but also the small stories of all the neighbors as well. I love all the characters and their development. Brilliant! I also loved the romance, very memorable, it gives more depth to the film. James Stewart gives a very layed back performance. He's very real, and believable. Grace Kelly is simply stunning and beautiful! Great film! So glad I finally got to watch it.

• AJ V

  
  Another fantastic thriller from Hitchcock. It's really a must see movie whether or not you're a fan of his. If you like thrillers you need to see this movie.

• Anthony L

  
  Easily my favourite Hitchcock film. I love the pace of the film, the way the viewer becomes the voyeur as much as the main character, played by the ever brilliant James Stewart, It's almost interactive! Never does the story seem unrealistic or nonsensical, the premise is so… More
  Easily my favourite Hitchcock film. I love the pace of the film, the way the viewer becomes the voyeur as much as the main character, played by the ever brilliant James Stewart, It's almost interactive! Never does the story seem unrealistic or nonsensical, the premise is so simple yet you are constantly on the edge of your seat. A master class of film making, often mimicked but never matched.

• Dan S

  
  One of the best suspense/thriller films ever made. This is Hitchcock at the height of his power, as he expertly develops his two crucial characters and making us become closely involved with what they are inspecting across the yard. The ending is chalked with suspense, and you could… More
  One of the best suspense/thriller films ever made. This is Hitchcock at the height of his power, as he expertly develops his two crucial characters and making us become closely involved with what they are inspecting across the yard. The ending is chalked with suspense, and you could make a case for the James Stewart - Grace Kelly relationship to be one of the most magnetic seen in film. Although obviously dated, it remains a classic thanks to sound direction, tremendous acting, and an unforgettable conclusion.

• Mike S

  
  Keeping in mind that I'm normally not into older movies (by that I refer to those made before the decade I was born), this one was a little better than I had hoped it to be. A fun fact is that this film also became the inspiration and source material for one of the best episodes… More
  Keeping in mind that I'm normally not into older movies (by that I refer to those made before the decade I was born), this one was a little better than I had hoped it to be. A fun fact is that this film also became the inspiration and source material for one of the best episodes of The Simpsons to date. And I can see why, because the story in this one was really one of a kind. I must say it's quite overrated though, as it hardly lives up to it's 8.7 rating on IMDB. Even so, it's a good oldie of superior craftmanship. On another, unrelated note, it also made the mark as the 1500th film that I've seen in my life (that I can recall that is). And I'm sure there'll be plenty more in the years to come ;-)

• Lewis C

  
  I love a good suspense-thriller, and Rear Window is one of the best classic examples of the genre. It's excellently paced, and balances tension and levity. There's no doubt that it holds up well 50+ years after its creation. Grace Kelly is my favorite of Alfred's… More
  I love a good suspense-thriller, and Rear Window is one of the best classic examples of the genre. It's excellently paced, and balances tension and levity. There's no doubt that it holds up well 50+ years after its creation. Grace Kelly is my favorite of Alfred's leading ladies (and perhaps my favorite classic actress, period), and her pairing with Jimmy Stewart really pushes Rear Window over top. For a movie with so few main characters, it was absolutely essential that the two leads have chemistry and be capable actors, and their were few other people at that time who satisfied both those requirements more than these two. Limiting the story to what the protagonists can see from their apartment window was an intentional creative constraint that helped to fully develop the themes of the movie. I never knew that such a singular point of view could offer such a riveting and interesting experience. For all these reasons, Rear Window edges out Psycho as my favorite Hitchcock movie, so far.

• Conner R

  
  Maybe itâ??s because itâ??s the last Hitchcock film I saw, but I just donâ??t see what all the fuss is with Rear Window. Yes, itâ??s a fun movie and Grace Kelly is flawless in it, but I think itâ??s one of the more obvious attempts at thrillers that Hitchcock did. Everything fits… More
  Maybe itâ??s because itâ??s the last Hitchcock film I saw, but I just donâ??t see what all the fuss is with Rear Window. Yes, itâ??s a fun movie and Grace Kelly is flawless in it, but I think itâ??s one of the more obvious attempts at thrillers that Hitchcock did. Everything fits together a little too well and no one is ever in any real danger. What I mainly found to be the strong suit was Hitchcockâ??s visual style, you could tell he just loved working with the set and having it move so eloquently. I do think itâ??s a good movie, it just doesnâ??t come up to the Hitchcock standard.

• Wahida K

  
  I liked the Remake of this Movie with Christopher Reeves.

• Arash X

  
  Hitchcock's best film, James Stewart is more tolerable than usual but Grace Kelly is annoying as hell like always, Her role in the film's made her even more annoying

• Jon L

  
  I was really debating about upping the rating of the movie to a 5. Rear window was an awesome movie. It was suspenseful and mysterious. Even though I knew of hints of how this film ended it still kept me guessing what was going to happen until the end. The acting was great and the… More
  I was really debating about upping the rating of the movie to a 5. Rear window was an awesome movie. It was suspenseful and mysterious. Even though I knew of hints of how this film ended it still kept me guessing what was going to happen until the end. The acting was great and the characters were believable. This film also puts things into perspective, as far as what goes on in other peoples own private lives, the mysterious, the kind and even the criminal. Go see it!

• Lorenzo v

  
  <i>"Through his rear window and the eye of his powerful camera he watched a great city tell on itself, expose its cheating ways...and Murder!"</i> A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them… More
  <i>"Through his rear window and the eye of his powerful camera he watched a great city tell on itself, expose its cheating ways...and Murder!"</i> A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder. <center><font size=+2 face="Century Schoolbook"><b><u>REVIEW</u></b></font></center> "Rear Window" represents Alfred Hitchcock at his most playful. This is Hitchcock's most fully realized comment about the obsession with voyeurism that reared its head repeatedly throughout his ouvre, an obsession not only of his, but one shared by the characters in his films and the audience watching them -- for without the delight that comes in watching other people, who would filmmakers be making films for? "Rear Window" is a nearly perfect movie: perfectly plotted, perfectly directed, perfectly acted. James Stewart could play characters like this in his sleep, but that fact does not make his performance any less entertaining. Some of the ice melts off of Grace Kelly's facade, and she gives the wittiest and sexiest performance of her career. And who can say enough about Thelma Ritter? A truly unique character actor in the history of cinema, Ritter always played the audience's id, thinking and saying all of the things all of the other characters in the film were too polite or nervous to think and say themselves. She could recite a weather forecast in that sardonic, world-weary monotone of hers, and it would still be funny. Hitchcock was always able to blend suspense, romance and social commentary to varying degrees of success, but almost always better than most other directors could manage. "Rear Window" stands as an example of what happened when he struck a perfect balance between all three.

• Thomas B

  
  hitchcock strikes again, this time with a thriller which mostly takes place in one man's house, often just through a pair of binoculars

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