I'd rather watch paint dry

Rating: 1/10 (7 March 2019)

Apparently this picture worked when it was released almost 60 years ago. Why? I have no idea. I remember watching it as a teen in the Seventies, not being impressed. Now, some 40 years later I gave it the benefit of doubt and watched it again. Boy, what a stinker this is. One of the most overrated, underwhelming "thrillers" ever made. Hitchcock did great movies before and after The Birds, which makes this flop a real mystery. What were they thinking? The plot is dragging out forever and the boredom just gets more unbearable with every minute that passes. Yes there is character development, the whole first hour is reserved for that. Just that none of the characters is remotely likable to make me care about any of them. The whole exercise is utterly pointless. In short: a monumental waste of time.