I Confess

Pros: Hitchcock's ability to create suspense even in its absence. Québec locations; architecture.
Cons: Both Clift and Baxter miscast. Inferior screenplay fails on several levels. Tiomkin score just pitiful.

It’s easy to look back upon any successful Hollywood career spanning decades and ponder one’s lesser moments; be they of a personal or professional nature. The cyclical patterns of life to which we all yield make perfection impossible and ...

Pros: Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, plot, filming, suspense, very unique screenplay
Cons: A mostly forgotten film

I Confess (1953) is one of the best films I have ever seen. I had to start the review by making that statement because this is just a forgotten gem that for whatever reason is never shown on television or elsewhere. Had it not been for DVDs it might ...

Pros: Cast, cinematography, tension
Cons: Some dated elements related to confessionals, a modest film overall

Number 15 on the list of the 31 Hitchcock films I've seen so far, that makes this one somewhere in the middle, in between the enjoyable "The Lady Vanishes" and underrated "Topaz" . It's a long way from "Strangers on a Train" and ...

Pros: direction, cinematography, supporting characters
Cons: Anne Baxter, contrived ending

"I Confess" is not one of Alfred Hitchcock's most popular films. The mood is grim, there's not a lot of action, there is a melodramatic love story, and the leading actor is the somnolent Montgomery Clift. In short, the film is not tailored to...

Pros: A good story in general, as well as the famous style of Hitchcock's cinematography
Cons: The performance of Anne Baxter

The movie I Confess is first another Hitchcock film about betrayal friendship and confidence. In the first scene, we are shown a murder, and the shadow of the killer running away. This last one, Keller, feel the need to confess what he has done, so tell...

Pros: Plot, drama....
Cons: scripting...

This is not standard Hitchcock filming, but it is a gem. Not very many people have seen it, but the ones I have recommend this movie to, loved it. One such person has worked at a movie theatre for over 6 years and has seen a heckuva lot of flims! By the...