One of my all-time favourites

Rating: 10/10 (1 July 2003)

I guess Cornell Woolrich deserves credit for the idea, but what Hitchcock did with it was genius. Hitchcock's movies were always stylised and sometimes it didn't work; with "Rear Window" it comes off magnificently.

"Rear Window" is a bit like sitting in a theatre. James Stewart - superbly cast - is sitting next to you and the two of you are watching events on stage, wondering what to do about them since the amount of interaction that's permitted is limited.
I'm always happy when this film appears in the TV listings - another excuse to watch it! There are so many "suspicious neighbour" movies made these days, but the only way they can't come close to the naive excitement of "Rear Window".