Excellent, although slightly dated

Rating: 8/10 (9 February 2007)

An unpredictable plot such as this will never look dated, but the stiff acting, some of the humour and the written-style dialogue has a certain flavour of the 1950s. Also, I thought some of the characters behaved rather unrealistically, but all this is easy to forgive when the movie is so much fun overall. The visuals are great, and the intriguing plot is beautifully unveiled by master director Hitchcock.
I'm slightly surprised that this at the time of writing is considered amongst the top 25 movies ever. I can easily pick 25 movies I like even more - still, there's no denying that this is an exciting and very entertaining movie that everyone should see!