Wonderful! Brilliant! Genius! Fantastic! PERFECT!

Rating: 10/10 (25 August 2002)

I just finished watching "Psycho" on TV about an hour ago, and I am still in awe. This is easily Hitch's best film ever...maybe THE best film ever. I can say this, and A) I am under 17, and B) I didn't see the whole thing. I started watching it when Janet Leigh was getting ready to leave about fifteen minutes in.
Terrific, flawless acting and directing jobs are done here. WHY DIDN'T IT WIN ANY OSCARS? I have repeatedly been asking myself this question. The adapted screenplay was awesome as well, and the ending was ABSOLUTE GENIUS (but I'm not gonna tell you what it is). My ten-year-old brother had to leave in the middle of the movie, so we taped about the last half hour (yea, I get to watch it again!), and he liked what he's seen. Now I just have to not tell him the ending...
One minor note, though: Viewers everywhere think it's a mistake that there was blood all over the wall after the shower scene, and when Norman Bates comes in there isn't. Hello, wasn't the shower still on? It could have washed off the blood.
Overall, brilliant, and yes, perfect. I have to write a novelette for literature class, and I will no doubt use "Psycho" as a guide to write a murder mystery. *************and more out of 10