Vertigo (1958)

28/05/1958Mystery, Romance, Thriller2h 8m

Overview

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

Alfred Hitchcock

Director

Alec Coppel

Screenplay

Reviews

Eky

A review by Eky

Written by Eky on June 16, 2012

All I know, this film wasn’t so successful at first and this probably because the audience didn’t expect a film so dark and claustrophobic. Vertigo was so strange already from the beginning because of its surreal and nightmarish atmosphere. I bow to ...

tmdb47633491

A review by tmdb47633491

4
Written by tmdb47633491 on April 7, 2018

I will never understand the universal adoration for Vertigo. Blindly inherited wisdom is the only explanation. How anyone could prefer this to North by Northwest or Rear Window is beyond me. An exceptionally made, exceptionally boring movie...

barrymost

A review by barrymost

8
Written by barrymost on March 30, 2020

A tense, dizzying thriller from the Master. Plot in a nutshell: A retired detective suffering from acrophobia takes the case of an old college chum's wife, who may be possessed by the spirit of her great-grandmother who committed suicide many year...

JPV852

A review by JPV852

8
Written by JPV852 on September 5, 2020

Not one of my favorites from Hitchcock, and certainly dower, but still visually striking and two amazing performances from James Stewart and Kim Novak. This is only the second time seeing this, guessing the last time was maybe 10 years ago or so, not...

James

A review by James

9
Written by James on October 14, 2023

Perhaps it’s due to my dislike for the overrated “North By Northwest”, but as of now this is my favourite Hitchcock....

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