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Rear Window (1954)

1954 | Classics | Drama | Mystery

115 mins

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

Produced by	Paramount Pictures
Director	Alfred Hitchcock
Writer	John Michael Hayes
Cast	Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey, Raymond Burr, Judith Evelyn, Ross Bagdasarian Sr., Georgine Darcy and Irene Winston

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Phillip McSween (751 KP) rated

Dec 24, 2018

Rear Window (1954)

1954 | Classics, Drama, Mystery

9

8.3

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Great Mystery

A photojournalist is wheelchair-ridden, watching people in his apartment complex from his window for hours. He’s thrown for a loop when he witnesses what he thinks is a murder. He wants to get to the bottom of it or die trying.

Acting: 10

Beginning: 10

Characters: 10
I’ll start with Stella (Thelma Ritter) who is easily my favorite character in the entire movie. She is an in-home nurse who is taking care of main character L.B. Jeffries (James Stewart). Out of all the characters in the story, she has the brightest sense of humor. I also loved that she takes zero guff from L.B., sometimes even making it seem like he works for her. She was stern and went beyond the parameters of her job doing everything from offering love advice to helping L.B. dive into the murder.

Of course I appreciated a number of the other characters as well, including the creepy Lars Thorwald (Raymond Burr). He is the object of L.B.’s accusation. Lars does a great job of making you think L.B. could be right. At other times, Lars seems like just a normal guy going about his daily routine. He takes strange to new heights. Each of the characters, the important ones anyway, help to frame the story and keep you intrigued.

Cinematography/Visuals: 10

Conflict: 8

Genre: 5

Memorability: 10

Pace: 9

Plot: 10
Rear Window succeeds with a script that’s extremely crisp and engaging. Mystery and tension abound as you try and figure out what’s going to happen next. The story is simple, yet is peeled back in layers. Very well done.

Resolution: 10
I won’t dive in too much here but I will say that the ending is perfect to the point that it answers all the right questions. It doesn’t overdo things and try and unnecessarily put a bow on things. We find out what we need to know and that’s that.

Overall: 92
Alfred Hitchcock puts together stories like a boxer puts together a fight. He hits you with little jabs that wake you up. Eventually he goes in for the kill with harder punches that you’re not ready for. He is definitely one of the greats and Rear Window is yet another one of his classics to show for it.

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated

Aug 22, 2019

Rear Window (1954)

1954 | Classics, Drama, Mystery

8

8.3

(23 Ratings)

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Watching You Through The Window

Rear Window- is one of my favoirte alfred hitchcock films.

Its myesterious, thrilling, chilling, suspenseful, dramatic and will have you keeep guesting until the end.

A newspaper photographer with a broken leg passes time recuperating by observing his neighbors through his window. He sees what he believes to be a murder, and decides to solve the crime himself. With the help of his nurse and girlfriend, he tries to catch the murderer without being killed himself.

I would highly reccordmend this film.

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Andrew Koltuniuk (767 KP) rated

Mar 13, 2024

Rear Window (1954)

1954 | Classics, Drama, Mystery

9

8.3

(23 Ratings)

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Incredible. I'm always amazed by how Alfred Hitchcock was able to create such compelling films. I'm beyond impressed by Rear Window.

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Rear Window (1954)

1954 | Classics, Drama, Mystery

8.3

(23 Ratings)

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"And maybe that is just because when Grace Kelly goes to kiss Jimmy Stewart that first time it was just one of those things where it is the best special effect in the history of time"

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