they don't make 'em like they used to

Rating: 10/10 (20 May 2002)

one of the all time greats. who says action thrillers can't be well written and well acted. for my money this is the ULTIMATE popcorn film. it still amazes me that dialogue from a forty year old film can make me laugh harder than any summer blockbuster i've seen in recent years. this film is timeless, and anyone looking for a microcosm of the careers of both grant and hitchcock need look no further than the sequence in which cary grant is forced to get drunk against his wishes. the brilliance, hilarity and outright implausibility of these scenes are something that may never be duplicated.