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by jo.com - Top 10, Sep 15 '02
Pros: Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck in an Alfred Hitchcock movie.` Cons: Some of the scenes will seem silly and archaic.
I rarely review movies but after watching Spellbound the other night I had the urge. I liked it and wanted to share my thoughts on the movie.
About the movie:
We saw it on DVD in black and white. DVD...
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by kld718 - Top 200, Apr 09 '03
Pros: Bergman, Peck Cons: overly dramatic characters, some cheesy scenes
This was another one of those old black and white films that I rented from Netflix on a whim. I had no intention of actually renting it, but decided recently that I liked these old films and actually enjoy the dramatics from the characters. Its good...
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by Daniel_Linehan , Aug 12 '00
Pros: C'mon, it's Alfred Hitchcock! Cons: Ben Hecht's script isn't as good as it could have been.
Alfred Hitchcock has been one of my favorite directors for a long time; he creates dark worlds of psychological turmoil and plants comfortable, familiar faces like Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, and Ingrid Bergman in them so he can take us along. Most...
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by BrianKoller - Top 50, Sep 23 '99
Pros: cast, sets, cinematography Cons: characters, direction
"Spellbound" is a slightly disappointing entry from the production and direction team of Selznick and Hitchcock. There's romance, psycho-babble and an entertaining dream sequence, but character motivation and plot development are not...
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by kevyip , Nov 21 '02
Pros: Good film, great DVD version Cons: First pressing of Criterion DVD defective
An enjoyable but unimpressive film, this 1945 psychological thriller of an amnesiac involved in a web of mystery is notable nowadays mainly for a 2-minute surrealist dream sequence, and is frowned upon for its pseudo-intellectual discourse on...
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