Grace Kelly's best movie ever.

Rating: 10/10 (19 January 2000)

Grace Kelly had all the chance in the world to prove herself as a great actress and she did prove herself. In fact, she proved herself in 1954 by winning an Oscar in "The country girl" but especially by playing in "Rear window". Teaming up with James Stewart, she is terrific and looks absolutely marvelous. But that's not the only good part about "Rear window". The script is incredibly original and Hitchcock showed the world how subtle and suggestive his movies could be without screwing up his directing.
Jeff (James Stewart) is a professional photographer who broke his leg taking a picture on one of his days off. So he is stuck in his apartment without anything to do but watch what goes on in the city through his rear window. Well, he also has company from his girlfriend Lisa (Grace Kelly) and his nurse Stella (Thelma Ritter). However, one day he notices that in one of the windows across, there is a woman who use to live there who has gone missing. The man who lived there with his wife is Lars Thornwald (Raymond Burr) and Jeff starts to suspect him of having murdered his wife.

As soon as Stewart starts to suspect Burr of having murdered his wife, you can't take your eyes off the movie. Everybody delivers a great performance in this movie, especially Thelma Ritter who also provides a couple of laughs as Stewart's nurse who is always talking. John Michael Hayes's script has hardly any flaws and is one of the best Hitchcock ever had. But Hitchcock adds the final touch with his masterful directing. the only thing I don't really like about this movie is that is considered as being Hitchcock's best whereas I believe that "Psycho" is by far his best. But still, it's an excellent movie.