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You could call this one Hoot Along with Hitch. With the possible exceptions of Topaz and Family Plot, this is Hitchcock's cheesiest movie, visually and psychologically crass in comparison with a peak achievement like Vertigo--although it shares some of that film's characteristic obsessive themes. Sean Connery, fresh from the second Bond picture, From Russia with Love, is a Philadelphia playboy who begins to fall for Tippi Hedren's blonde ice goddess only when he realizes that she's a professional thief; she's come to work in his upper-crust insurance office in order to embezzle mass quantities. His patient program of investigation and surveillance has a creepy, voyeuristic quality that's pure Hitchcock, but all's lost when it emerges that the root of Marnie's problem is phobic sexual frigidity, induced by a childhood trauma. Luckily, Sean is up to the challenge. As it were. Not even D.H. Lawrence believed as fervently as Hitchcock in the curative properties of sexual release. --David Chute
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5.0 out of 5 stars
"They don't make 'em like that anymore",
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This review is from: Marnie (DVD)
I love most Hitchcock films with a couple of exceptions (eg. Frenzy) but Marnie is my favourite. It is not a thriller, nothing like Psycho or The Birds. Rather, it is a sophisticated psychological suspense film about a compulsive embezzler (played by Tippi Hedron) who changes her identity after each job until she is caught in the act by her dashing new employer (played by Sean Connery) who has fallen in love with her. Tippi plays the role of Marnie to perfection. She is mesmerizing. And Sean inhabits his role as Mark Rutland so completely that the famous Sean Connery disappears. It's also an unintentional commentary on the culture of the late 50's, early 60's. Feminists beware. The film is archetypal, an adult fairy tale and crime drama brilliantly rendered. The audience is made to care deeply about Marnie's fate. One of my top 10 movies of all time.
5.0 out of 5 stars
someone understands,
By jenila (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Marnie (Widescreen) (DVD)
I have had traumatic childhood experiences with men, and Tippi Hedron's performance as Marnie shows an amazing depth of understanding of what it's like and how such things can affect you well into your adulthood. People may find it very unrealistic, but I have lived much of this (not the thievery!). It's amazing to me that her portrayal of the character shows such a depth of understanding of what I have lived.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Exciting & Stimulating in a way few movies are -,
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This review is from: Marnie (VHS Tape)
Those who give poor ratings to this movie need to buy/rent thrillers with lots of machine-gun fire etc. This movie is not like that. But there are layers and layers of things to think about. It moves slowly at times as if Hitchcock supposed viewers could not make the connections very well. But there is enough here to provoke (as it has!) many essays and papers on the psychological issues it draws upon. QUITE WORTH A LOOK!!!
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