Rebecca is an ageless, timeless adult movie about a woman who marries a widower but fears she lives in the shadow of her predecessor. This was Hitchcock’s first American feature, and it garnered the Best Picture statue at the 1941 Academy Awards. In today’s films, most twists and surprises are ridiculous or just gratuitous, so it’s sobering to look back on this film where every revelation not only shocks, but makes organic sense with the story line. Laurence Olivier is dashing and weak, fierce and cowed. Joan Fontaine is strong yet submissive, defiant yet accommodating. There isn’t a false moment or misstep, but the film must have killed the employment outlook of any women named Danvers for about 20 years. Brilliant stuff. –Keith Simanton
March 5, 2010
#1
All you people who said this is good are crazy! This movie was even worse than the novel! (something i thought was impossible!) hell, the guy playing Maxim can’t act! so i say BOO TO YOU! BOOOOOO! …. have a nice day
March 5, 2010
#2
How can anyone write a good review of this movie? It does not even come close to doing justice to du Maurier’s classic novel! Anyone who has read the novel knows the importance of what happens in the cabin that stormy night, and the movie RUINS IT.
My rating: -5 stars.
March 5, 2010
#3
While much of the commentary on the film Rebecca is interesting and helpful, I find it most annoying to frequently encounter misspellings and malapropisms. If you want to write a well thought-out piece that readers will take seriously, you really should pay close attention to writing correctly. Errors detract from the message and annoy the reader. With the proliferation of opportunities for people to contribute to online written forums such as this, people tend to get lax about spelling. As an example to students who pass through and out of respect for our own English language, let’s use a dictionary and get it right.
March 5, 2010
#4
I am trying to get a DVD of Rebecca. The information on this DVD is not complete. Please tell us more about this release. Thank you.
March 5, 2010
#5
This is one of my favorite movies ever. However, I purchased this “collectors edition version” and was suprised and annoyed to find it came with Japanese subtitles (quite distracting), a sound track that did not match the video exactly (also quite distracting), and a hilarious Japanese interpretation of the story line for “Lubeka” on the cover. For the price I paid, I expected much more than a “knock-off”.