One of Hitchcock real masterpieces

Rating: 10/10 (16 July 1999)

Hitchcock's masterpiece about a retired police detective with fears of heights. He is hired by a friend to shadow his wife which has acted very strange lately.
This is a movie that demands very much of the viewer. You have to watch all of the movie - and you certainly will. Because this movie will spellbind you for two hours.
Many critics think the first half hour is slow and many minutes could have been cut. But in fact these scenes are necessary for the whole movie to work. And by the way, the beginning is not boring. It's like the beginning of Psycho - it slowly builds up and is therefore necessary to understand the whole picture.
The movie is like a boiling soup that will boil over at any minute. Both Psycho and Vertigo explode in the end (not a bomb!). Leaving the audience stunned by the end. (Like Norman's corpses in Psycho) and Jeff (James Stewart in Vertigo).
Vertigo is definitely one of the best movies ever made. YOU MUST SEE IT!!! I had to watch it twice to understand what a masterpiece this is.
Jonas Sörensen, August -98