This Has To Be One Of The Most Overrated Films In History

Rating: 5/10 (8 September 2006)

I think I made more of an effort to try to really like this movie than any film I can think of....and I finally have given up. There is something just unappealing about this story. I know two things: 1 - It's vastly overrated; 2 - It's too slow.
Jimmy Stewart is fine in the lead role. That's no surprise. But his character is anything but fine, having an affair with a married woman (which never portrayed wrong by Hitchcock) and doing a few other things that left the viewers scratching their heads in credulity.
"How could he be doing this if....? "Wait, that doesn't make sense," etc. were just some of the comments I've heard from people watching this film.
Yet, despite the credibility this films holds a big fascination for a lot of people. I gave it several looks just to see if I wasn't missing something, that the story would become more attractive as I became more familiar with it. Well, it did piece a few things together but the movie never got appealing.
The only attractive part was actress Kim Novak and the cinematography, especially the scenes under the Golden Gate Bridge. That, and the fact I always enjoy seeing Barbara Bel Geddes. I was sorry her role was so short in here.
Overall, I still don't see what the fuss is about concerning this movie. The story leaves me as cold as the San Francisco fog.