Hitchcock classic

Rating: Null/10 (7 July 1999)

This was my first Alfred Hitchcock movie, and I wasn't disappointed. I wasn't exactly sure what to expect from this masterful director, but Rear Window generates such a tangible feeling of suspense you won't soon forget it. Plus, it's laden with symbolism--so much, in fact, that I won't go into detail here; many film review web sites offer extensive summaries of the movie. The apartment complex in which the movie is set entirely in seems so familiar, so very possible that when James Stewart suspects a neighbor of murder, you suddenly find yourself wondering, Well, what would one do?? All the so-called evidence he has is purely circumstancial: only what he witnesses in his neighbor's apartment through his window. The best, most intense moments come near the end. I will not reveal what exactly happens here but when one specific person looks up and realizes he's being watched, it's the creepiest moment I've seen on film.