A masterpiece, once upon a time

Rating: 8/10 (14 December 2013)

The movie has a great story writing and quite an ambitious and experimental directing of its time,worthy of Alfred Hitchcock. However it failed to be the timeless masterpiece it is promoted to be, as other titles by Hitchcock like "Dail M for murder" as an example. The acting is done in a theatrical, grandiose method that takes off some of the thrill and immersion, as well as the setting which makes everyone ridiculously well dressed and in best shape. In a sense you can't believe a handsome young man who dresses and speaks as royalty can run a shady motel or work in a hardware store, but it happens in the movie consistently which is quite disengaging. Even a psychiatrist speaks in more of a literary manner rather than a scientific one as one should. That was a trend of the time, so it can be forgiven,however it makes the movie end a bit flat and the characters lack connection. This movie is one of those movies that laid the ground to many likes afterwards but fell short of being a masterpiece itself