Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Hitchcock tackles our bizarre fascination with voyeurism. After all, what are movies but a godlike ability to watch a story play out without the actors acknowledging the audience?Filmed brilliantly, so that you feel just as James Stewart does in the film: that you're watching people who don't know they're being watched. The next-level mastery from Hitchcock is that you're watching people who don't know they're being watched watching people who don't know they're being watched. At the center of this masterpiece was witnessing how voyeurism transforms Lisa from conservative cosmopolitan queen to the adventurous thrill-seeker that Jeff desired. A fine story in itself, if that is all that it was ever meant to be.But as some reviewers have called out, this movie could have reached a whole other level of greatness, had it featured a final twist ending. And given the claims that this film was among the greatest ever, I fully expected a shocking twist! Among the areas my mind wandered: while Jeff and Lisa are preoccupied with a murder that never actually occurred...Lonelyhearts's suicide occurs in plain sight; the fire escape sleepers fall to preventable deaths; newlywed husband and Miss Torso start a steamy affair.But the ultimate twist my mind swirled up: That Jeff was secretly being watched all along from another apartment across the way, by none other than Lieutenant Doyle who had been digging for dirt on Lisa in a scandalous corruption investigation. Can you imagine the horrifying paranoia when Jeff realized the tables were turned on him? Such is the greatness that I had imagined, fueled by the hype this movie still generates six decades later.Alas, the twistless ending was plain and simple. With no expectations going in, I would have fully appreciated the fine camerawork and direction, all the more outstanding in the absence of a musical score. Instead I was left wanting more.

This movie is exteremlely intense and suspenseful. In my opinion this movie is a masterpiece and deserves its place in cinema history.

Having watched it for the second time recently, I was struck by how razor-sharp the film's script actually was. Sure, it didn't have a big Agatha Christie-type mystery reveal; but the banter and repartee between the main characters was just so well-written. Of course, the film's framing and camerawork is legendary (for good reason) and Grace Kelly has a luminous screen presence. Suspenseful, intriguing, and a film that shows off a master at the peak of his craft.

Rear window is a mystery thriller movie that focus on the male protagonist Jefferies life and way he helps capture the murderer. He always seen looking at the neighbor's window. He broke his legs and always shown sitting on the wheel chair. He keeps his eye on different activities of neighbor through windows. Some neighbors are alone and some have job and some with wife. however, movie is mainly tell the story of Jeff try to prove the salesman crime, a neighbor of Jefferies who he believe murder his wife. And trying to get off from police eyes. The movie was shot in same neighborhood area till the end. The event takes place in same area from beginning of movie to the end of movies. it is entire shot indoor set design. Only outside scene movie show is the glance of helicopter up above the building. Here, helicopter is use as mese en scene because adding scene of helicopter create suspense thought. Since, male protagonist could not able to walk, everything happens around him. The usage of sound in scary tone is brilliantly executed. The film not one focus on one-character story but also briefly take a peak story of lonely women and pianist guy. A movie is not much scary as I expected it to be. But full of suspense.it express the pain of loneliness, boredom, happiness and thirst for love. A scene when lonely women is having a candle light dinner but creep me out when she pretends to be with guy. This resemble the pain of being loneliness and boredom. Well, Jeffries neighborhood is not friendly and cooperative. The environment is fill with loneliness feeling. The movie feature point of view shot to some extent. in movies, it uses this idea when, Alfred focus on antagonist with closer angle of camera, showing suspicious face expression or covering detail of character. This point of view shot also use whenever, Jeffries try to keep tract of the activities of salesman. The story is arranged structurally. When no one believe protagonist story, even his girlfriend and detective friend don't believe in his story. but he himself decide to find the truth, kind of show the behavior of true detective. He uses his professional skill to find the true face of salesman. But later on, his girlfriend believes his story when she herself see the suspicious activities of salesman. This scene put life to the movie. It is always better to see when two lovers believe one another and together trying to solve the case. There is also a scene when hint of antagonist cruelty is displayed. when innocent dog is found dead, everyone come out expect the salesman. this event easily increases the viewer suspicion toward salesman. The suspicious act begins when male protagonist heard the scream of women but next day he did not see the wife of salesmen in bed. This unexpected scene, take movie plot into different track. From this scene, begin the real fun for suspense lover audience. Before this scene, a film Is not much entertainable. There are lots of movement of camera going on because to show other characters from the perspective of main protagonist. The background sound of children scream in movie is nicely projected by sound designer. It creates fun full environment in movie for brief period of time. Visual artist uses dark color to symbolize the scary and suspense scene. At the end of the move the look of antagonist when Kelly shows ring to Jeff show the guilty expression on the face of salesman. The silence on phone, sound of walking on stair, suddenly showing antagonist in dark and the panicking expression of protagonist really feature super scary scenes. Because everything happens inside small windows. it feels like watching a tv. Like most film this film also ends happily. A dancer lover come from war, criminal accept crime, Jeff girlfriend spend time with him and lonely neighbor woman chatting with pianist.