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Rating: 7/10 (5 August 1999)

Although many rave about this as being one of Hitchcock's best I,after two viewings was still indifferent.
Certainly it is flawlessly directed,beautifully,but I found the film to be a little on the slow side.Certainly no 'North by Northwest' or 'Vertigo',although James Stewart is great as usual,and the scene when he can see Grace Kelly getting attacked is really great.I found it a bit on the seedy side with the camera lingering on the newly married couples room,and the constant shots of the ballet dancers in her undies.Maybe Hitchcock himself was a closet voyeur?.
Maybe Hitchcock's own high standards sometimes make me think badly of films that I would have liked more by another director,but in this case,to me it is only a average thriller,that without fantastic direction & James Stewart would be forgotten.