Quite simply one of the best films ever made.

Rating: 10/10 (24 October 2006)

This movie is one of my favourite films, and deserves to be right up there with other classics of cinema, new and old, because, aside from a few references and special effects, it hasn't really aged.
Or rather it has aged, because too often these days there is little thought put into the characters of a movie, with more reliance on sex, violence and thundering through the plot at light-speed to reach a dramatic end. This film devotes time to the characters, even the ones with tiny parts being fleshed out to an extent where no one is ever left as just a plot device or totally pointless.
As for the acting, it's superb from all the cast, with the entire ensemble on top form. James Stewart, possibly my favourite actor, is a shining example of how acting should be, with a well thought out measured performance you don't doubt for a second. Grace Kelly also plays her part superbly, standing alongside Stewart in this film as an example to today's actors of how suspense SHOULD be played.
I'll take this movie over the special effects laden, thinly plotted drivel that is turned out in much modern cinema.