Great horror film.

Rating: Null/10 (23 March 2002)

Slowly percolating tension in the first two thirds of the film gives way to nightmarishly terrifying last third in this Roman Polanski's highly effective horror film. MIa Farrow and John Cassavetes play newlyweds Rosemary and Guy Woodward who move into an apartment in New York where their seemingly happy lives take a strange turn when they befriend kooky old neighbors, Minnie and Roman Castavets.
Polanski does a great job of creating an ominous atmosphere throughout, with a disturbing sense of unease in the viewer created by a series of strange events and suggestions via subtle shifts in the characters' moods and behaviors. Mia Farrow is perfect in the role as Rosemary, innocent, vulnerable and uncommonly fragile. Ruth Gordon is fantastic as the garrulous and nosy old neighbor with an annoying habit of inviting herself unannounced and uninvited to her new neighbors.
There are some interesting dream (or are they?) sequences in the film that are surreal and highly symbolic. They are effectively employed at right moments in the film, punctuating the increasing dread in the unhinged world of its protagonist. Excellent.