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Obsession

1976

Brian De Palma

Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John Lithgow, Sylvia Williams ...

6.6

2,807

Mystery. Drama. Thriller Successful New Orleans businessman Michael Courtland's (Cliff Robertson) tenth wedding anniversary celebration ends tragically when his wife Elizabeth (Genevieve Bujoid) and their 9-year-old daughter, Amy, have been kidnapped. In an attempt to trap the criminals, counterfeit money is used to pay the ransom, but the plan backfires and his wife and child die in a car accident during a chase with the police. Ten years later while on a ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Brian De Palma's 'Obsession' is an overwrought melodrama, and that's what I like best about it. There's no doing this sort of thing halfway, and De Palma knows it (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"One of Brian De Palma's better thrillers (...) Herrmann's overpowering score and De Palma's endlessly circling camera movements do manage to cast a spell."	POS
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"For slightly more than half its running time, 'Obsession' is an entertaining, romantic suspense film (...) The plot of 'Obsession' is such that you'll probably have figured out the mystery very early."	NEU
United States	Eric Henderson Slant	"Bujold’s enthusiasm as a performer redeems the entire picture, especially when she’s asked to perform flashback scenes that shouldn’t work (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
Canada	Michele "Izzy" Galgana Screen Anarchy	"The thriller twists and turns and unfortunately for me, veers far more into the overly melodramatic (...) While I'm not sure I'd watch this film again, I did enjoy some of the twists"	NEU
United States	Lou Lumenick New York Post	"The thing I love about 'Obsession' is that it’s possible to be deeply moved by, and even identify with, the plight of Cliff Robertson’s character"	POS
United States	Noel Murray AV Club	"The movie’s extended, dialogue-free set pieces are mini-masterpieces of cinematic choreography"	POS

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