It is a performances centric movie

Good concept, poorly executed.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

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 really is a thinker. It keeps you going the whole time, never a dull moment! Hitchcock's directing is phenomenal in this thriller starring Grace Kelly and James Stewart. The way Hitchcock uses shadows and scenery in this film is in like any other.

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.

'Rear Window' is a prime example of taking a simple idea and making it a masterpiece. The film manages to appeal to a broad range of our emotions including suspense, romance, and excitement thanks to the creative yet simple way it is filmed and directed. Right away the film begins by familiarizing the viewers with the scene where most of the story takes place, by showing us the busy view outside of Jefferies rear window. Each neighbor has an interesting and unique personality that makes it really feel like any of them could be the the main subject of the story. They're all cleverly named to match their personalities and it makes it very easy for the viewer to associate themselves with them by name almost immediately. For a film that has such a small set, it makes the best of it by really making all of the other apartments come to life with their own unique quirks and lifestyles that we get to see through the lense of Jefferies rear window. The first act of the film mostly focuses on the life of all the neighbors and the relationship between Lisa and Jefferies. By doing this the viewer really becomes comfortable and familiar with all of the characters to the point of understanding them and their feelings. It is an interesting love story between Jefferies and Lisa. Lisa is in love with Jeff, and Jeff seems to think that she is too good and too perfect to be with a guy like her. I think this is a wonderful way to introduce the viewers to the main characters of the story and make them feel involved in the outcome of their situation. It is right when it seems like there is much more to come between Jeff and Lisa that the story seems to have a sudden dramatic shift in tone, to more of a crime mystery film that is filled with suspense. It is in this portion of the movie where the way it is filmed really makes the viewer feel connected to the story. Jeff, who has been sitting in his window watching his neighbors lives very closely begins to notice something is out of place one night when he spots Mr. Thorwald leaving his apartment a few times very late at night. Since almost all of what the viewers have seen is through the eyes of Jefferies, we are inclined to also have the same biases and train of thought as him as well. So any conclusions he makes, it is easy for us to agree with him.The film does a great job of having the viewer question if Jefferies is right or not when in introduces the character Detective Doyle. This is the first time we get to see someones opinion on the possible crime that isn't from our narrowed perspective we get from Jefferies. To me this was when it started to become more and more apparent that everything we had been learning about Thorwald and the criminal picture Jefferies had been painting of him could have been wrong. I think this forced perspective we are given is one of the most beautiful elements of the film and it all leads up to the end where we are in Jefferies apartment listening for footsteps outside the door, fearing for our lives. As viewers we become almost one with Jefferies, so we feel the same rushes of emotion as him as well. This perspective is what allowed Alfred Hitchcock to take a beautifully simple story, but use the power of a film camera to really make it a wonderful story with a cast of beautifully individual characters and stories as seen through the eyes of our main character.