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I’m a relatively young person who is a cinephile (I’m currently 21 as of this comment I’m typing), I love movies. I thought Rear Window was an excellent film. Ignore Jeremy’s review, he says the movie is boring because it takes place in one location. I disagree, this film is a masterclass of tension and suspense, and Hitchcock was the master. Rear Window is often considered one of the best films ever made and one of Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest movies. And there’s a good reason for that, it’s well-acted, the characters are well-written, it’s well-directed, the cinematography is unique and brilliantly done, and the film is very suspenseful. Also, he says that most movie set in only one location get boring fast. Ahem, have you ever watched 12 Angry Men? That’s an incredible movie set in only one main location, but it had brilliant acting, writing, directing, and an interesting story. Which I also thought was the case for this movie. How anyone can find this movie boring is beyond my comprehension. I don’t think the film is underwhelming in any aspect, did we see the same movie? This is absolutely a five star film, anyone rating it one or two stars probably wants a story with a bunch of action and explosions with no story development. It’s quite sad that a lot of young people today have nearly nonexistent attention spans and find a lot of the older classics boring because they don’t have superheroes or CGI characters battling each other every five minutes. Whoever gives this movie a bad rating should stick to modern blockbuster films only. Some people aren’t able to process buildup or suspense because they are too busy watching movies that rely on cheap tactics instead of subtle buildup. I give this movie a 5/5. It’s a suspense masterpiece from one of the greatest and widely respected directors in the world of cinema.

With all due respect, Hetvi Shah is wrong. He said that the movie isn’t very good and argues that while the film was seen as great in its day, that it doesn’t hold up by today’s standard. Well, I totally disagree. This movie is still brilliant and a great film noir today, it’s easily one of the most influential movies for the genre and it has a well-deserved reputation as an all-time classic. I have to that a lot of what he says The acting and story is great, the ending is bad? He also says that Fred MacMurray wasn’t good and hat Barbara Stanwyck was miscast. No, the ending was fantastic, and both MacMurray & Stanwyck did a fine job in their roles. Those performances were amazing. Did we see the same movie? How any aspect of this movie has aged poorly is beyond me. If the movie is too slow for today’s audiences, then that is telling about people’s lack of patience today. Double Indemnity is still an excellent noir film and has actually aged very well. It can absolutely be argued for a spot on the top 250 best movies ever made, it’s hard to believe we watched the same movie because it seems like he completely missed the point.

I’m surprised by some of the negative reviews, this is a great movie. Some may find it boring due to the lack of action scenes, but it’s an excellent political thriller more suspenseful and riveting than most action films. Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman are great in the film, and it has a interesting fact based journalism story with very good pacing, writing, and direction that still makes it feel relevant and fresh today. In fact, this is probably considered by many people to be the greatest journalism movie. Rocky, Taxi Driver, Network, man what a year for movies 1976 was and I’m a 21 year old guy. After this, watch Spotlight if you haven’t, that movie is also incredible. But what I’m saying is if you’re into journalism drama movies, then this film is an absolute must watch. 9.5/10

A classic revisionist western film with great performances, script, and direction, the praise and awards (including winning Best Picture) the movie has received are well-deserved. It’s maybe my favorite western of all time. The Good the Bad and the Ugly & Unforgiven are probably two of the best movies Clint Eastwood has been in or directed and both are some of the greatest westerns ever made. An all-time great, excellent film that everyone should see at least once in their life if they love a good old deconstruction of a dying genre.

Some people called this movie a waste of time. Well, I’m glad that I didn’t listen to those people and listened to the film critics. This is a great film with an amazing performance from young actress Jennifer Lawrence in one of her first movie roles. It only has a 7.1 IMDb and a 76% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, but I think those ratings are way too low for this excellent film. Sure, this movie won’t be for everyone, but if you like these types of movies, it’s an amazing, heart wrenching experience. I believe it’s one of the best films I’ve seen in recent years, I highly recommend this one to anyone who hasn’t watched it. 4.5/5

Amazing film, yet this only gets a 3.8/5 average score from the time of me writing this review? That’s simply unacceptable, I have to say that the public has rather poor tastes in movies. They give it negative reviews because it made them feel uncomfortable from the claustrophobic tension the film brings. Great acting, story, tension, and symbolism. People just want to be entertained with cheap exposition, like pointless romance subplots, unnecessary action and explosions, and jump scares. This movie doesn’t rely on jump scares to put the audience in shock. General moviegoers expected an average horror romp, like the Conjuring, which was a good film, but this one is much better than that even. Toni Collette was snubbed by the Academy. My Rating: 9/10 (Amazing)