Strong Hitchcock, as usual

Rating: 7/10 (18 May 2016)

This here is a strong Hitchcock film with Stewart playing the lead role of a newly handicapped man haunted by boredom who seeks a bit of entertainment while he's stranded in his little apartment unable to walk; but in a deeper aspect, seeks a certain quality out of his lady, here the beautiful Grace Kelly, whom he judges is too 'ordinary'. The film is well executed, the story well developed and the climax of the events leads to a climax in the emotional department at the same time, like a catharsis for the characters. Not easy to make a film based on such a simple premise, and yet, Hitchcock does it again. The film never gets complacent and seeks to constantly bring just enough to justify its playing time, while not going overboard or derailing from the plot, something mediocre films tend to do when the plot is this simple and they need to inject a dynamic into the events. A film with purpose that doesn't just tell an intriguing suspenseful story. Another solid Hitchcock.