Not one of my favorite hitchcock's

Rating: Null/10 (20 March 2002)

While North By Northwest still contains the qualities of a Hitchcock
masterpiece, it is not one of my personal favorites. I think that the
story is pretty unrealistic, and that it drags on too much. While
Cary Grant is as charming as ever, I feel that the role calls for
someone younger and more James Bondish. The airplane scene
where Grant is running for his life is so unbelievable, and when
they are running on Mount Rushmore just seems too overthetop,
even for Hitchcock. The plot was just very dry, even though it
involves espionage and other mishaps, it just wasn't up to par with
some of Hitchcock's more suspenseful movies. I have to admit
that I was taken with the wonderful acting jobs by all of the actors.
The cinematography was stylish and excellently done, and the
music was haunting and made the movie for suspenseful. By
itself, North By Northwest probably could be considered a very
entertaining movie, but having seen most if not all Hitchcock films,
I feel that it could have been better. It had alot to live up to.