Boring

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Grace Kelly was all set to star in this movie, when the European Press went bonkers. "A Princess in a movie"? She had to bow out in which Alfred Hitchcock wrote in return, "do not feel bad, it is only a movie". Love Hedren in this, but Kelly was was one fo the absolute greats.

the labyrinth of the plot. and the strange, cold chemistry between Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery. the pillars of a great work of Hitchcock looking to not exactly give a masterpiece but a fascinating puzzle who use sexuality and psychoanalysis for build a powerful confrontation between two characters in same measure week. a film who reminds more its director art than it could be an example of this because it seems change entire story in each scene. the truth about Marnie is suspected by the viewer. and only the right manner to formulate it is unknown. and this is the clue of the film. to be a film about its public. and about the demons who impose the assume for each viewer of the role who defines him.

"Marnie" is #14 in my current Hitch marathon, and EASILY the best IMO. As a film fan the #1 thing by which I judge a film is it's storyline --- Is it coherent and believable? For me, EVERYTHING Else is just "icing on the cake". I view a film primarily to hear "a good yarn". In THAT Respect, many of Hitch's films don't impress me very much. Although he was a skilled director in MANY Ways, it's becoming apparent to me that he wasted his directorial abilities on A Lot of sub-par screenplays. Giving Hitch the benefit of the doubt, I suspect that he didn't have total control of the filmmaking process, particularly the selection of screenplays. It seems to me that he was forced to accept the screenplays that were handed down from a higher level of the filmmaking world.In any case, at this point, I would judge "Marnie" to have the most coherent & believable screenplay of all the Hitch films I've viewed so far. Moreover, it is the most compelling -- I was really got "sucked into" this story.As someone with a BA/MA in Psychology, & who had a 30 year career as a counselor, I have considered filmmakers' attempts to use Psychology as some sort of "angle" in their films to Always Be pathetic, laughable, and VERY Inaccurate. I can honestly say that "Marnie" is the MOST Technically Accurate film that I've ever viewed in terms of it's portrayal of mental illness & psychotherapy. This VERY Well Written screenplay PLUS Hitch's Brilliant Directing also took what could be a dry, mundane, & boring treatment of a mentally ill woman & her recovery at the hands of a knowledgeable husband & turned it into a Dramatic Masterpiece that is coherent, engaging, & very believable.That this film didn't win a ton of film awards is just further confirmation for me of how PHONY film awards really are.

Sad but true, the master had lost his touch with MARNIE. And that sentiment comes from a Hitchcock fan.MARNIE doesn't even try hard to delve into pure cinema (with neurosis as its MacGuffin); the director simply "phoned it in." Hitchcock's call included directions for mixing the following ingredients: Mysterious blonde? Tippi. Charming leading man? Connery. Plot? Boy meets girl; boy loses girl to mental dysfunction; boy finds girl via amateur psychiatry. Cinema stuff: Make the screen awash in red to signify alarm. Move the lens in and out to highlight an object, e.g., money, to give the viewer a dizzying thrill (which proved more annoying than anything). For suspense, follow Marnie stealthily walking away from an unsuspecting washerwoman with one of her shoes inching its way out of her pocket.No, Alfred gets an F for this one. He'd become the directorial shadow of himself, ironically, having foretold that eventuality with his hallmark profile that opened of his TV series. MARNIE is blarney.