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Rebecca

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

Rebecca

1940

Alfred Hitchcock

Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson ...

8.2

38,272

Drama. Mystery A naïve and somewhat simple young woman (Joan Fontaine), is working as a hired travel companion for decadent, rich ladies. On one of her assignments she ends up in Monte Carlo at the French Riviera where she gets to meet the handsome Maxim DeWinter (Laurence Olivier), a wealthy and respectable widower. DeWinter is quickly attracted to the young and insecure woman and decides to marry her improptu. The two return to DeWinter’s residence, ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Frank S. Nugent The New York Times	"An altogether brilliant film, haunting, suspenseful, handsome and handsomely played"	POS
United States	Variety	"Hitchcock pilots his first American production with capable assurance and exceptional understanding of the motivation and story mood"	POS
United Kingdom	Michael Hann The Guardian	"[Hitchcock] created one of his creepiest, most oppressive films (...) [an] astonishing mixture of emotional hothouse and freezer"	POS
United States	New York Daily News	"It is the finest job of direction accomplished by a master director and may justly be called Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece."	POS
United Kingdom	Ben Walters Time Out	"Hitchcock shows superb technical control and attends to his trademark motifs, from monstrous mother figures to the fetishisation of clothing"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"Rows, rivalries and a movie classic (...) it has stood the test of time"	POS
United States	Jaime N. Christley Slant	"It’s a different movie with every reel, often shifting gears from shot to shot (…) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Patrick Humphries Empire	"Another undoubted masterpiece from the atmospheric film maker, and just as essential (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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