You could tell Hitchcock was missing from the screenplay, but other than that....

Rating: 9/10 (14 March 2005)

this film is still top notch. Hitchcock isn't missing from the directing chair for one second. A man is bound to a wheelchair after a runway accident and spends the better part of his days viewing the many happenings of his neighbors across the way from him, thanks to his rear window. It's a perfect view of everyone their. There's a very attractive young lady who's very much into dancing. An older couple who have developed a simple little system so that they can allow their pet dog to be 'let out' so to speak from the 3rd floor balcony, and there is a couple who constantly seems to be arguing about something. This is the couple that become intricate to the story. Eventually the wife disappears and the wheelchair bound man becomes obsessed with the idea that the wife has been murdered. What follows is a buildup which is Hitchcock all the way. Nobody builds suspense like him, and even though I was disappointed by the ending because I was kind of hoping for more of a twist, it's still pretty powerful. I highly recommend. It was pretty obvious to me that Hitchcock didn't write the screenplay, and I kind of wish he had, although what we have is still one of the best ever written. Highly recommend this film.
9/10