It really isn't Hitchcock's best

Rating: 8/10 (1 August 2003)

Rear Window is highly over-rated, but still enjoyable. This tale of voyeurism benefits greatly from Hitch's technical brilliance and a charming and believable turn from Jimmy Stewart, but suffers thanks to a dreadfully out of tone score and a lack of suspense, although that's probably because it was made nearly 50 years ago. Vertigo is a better reteaming of actor and director.