Rear Window | 1954
Updated April 10, 2021
Critical Consensus
JP Roscoe | Basement Rejects
Ken Hanke | Mountain Xpress
Roger Ebert | Chicago Sun-Times
Kim Newman | Empire
Peter Travers | Rolling Stone
Vincent Canby | The New York Times
William Brogdon | Variety
Killian Fox | The Guardian
Lisa Schwarzbaum | Entertainment Weekly
Dave Kehr | Chicago Reader
Marjorie Baumgarten | The Austin Chronicle
Peter Stack | San Francisco Chronicle
David Nusair | Reel Film Reviews
Yasser Medina | Cinemaficionados
Cole Smithey | ColeSmithey.com
Ken Hanke | Mountain Xpress
Roger Ebert | Chicago Sun-Times
Kim Newman | Empire
Peter Travers | Rolling Stone
Vincent Canby | The New York Times
William Brogdon | Variety
Killian Fox | The Guardian
Lisa Schwarzbaum | Entertainment Weekly
Dave Kehr | Chicago Reader
Marjorie Baumgarten | The Austin Chronicle
Peter Stack | San Francisco Chronicle
David Nusair | Reel Film Reviews
Yasser Medina | Cinemaficionados
Cole Smithey | ColeSmithey.com
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Summary & Info
A wheelchair-bound photographer (James Stewart) passes the time by spying on his neighbors from his apartment window, when he becomes convinced that one of them has murdered his wife and disposed of her body. Cast: Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr and Wendell Corey. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. [1:52 – PG]
Dueling Critics
“My favorite Hitchcock film…’Rear Window’ is a perfect film…it is a deserving classic…’Rear Window’ captures everything that Hitchcock is about…humor, suspense, and even some terror.”
“It is a film with no empathetic character…What starts out as a cautionary tale about the dangers of voyeurism and public scrutiny, twists to confirm to the grassing behavior of a white supremacist. Reporting on your neighbors much?”
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Rear Window | 1954
Updated April, 10. 2021
Critical Consensus
JP Roscoe | Basement Rejects
Ken Hanke | Mountain Xpress
Bob Westal | Bullz-Eye
Roger Ebert | Chicago Sun-Times
Kim Newman | Empire
Peter Travers | Rolling Stone
Vincent Canby | The New York Times
William Brogdon | Variety
Killian Fox | The Guardian
Lisa Schwarzbaum | Entertainment Weekly
Dave Kehr | Chicago Reader
Marjorie Baumgarten | The Austin Chronicle
Peter Stack | San Francisco Chronicle
David Nusair | Reel Film Reviews
Yasser Medina | Cinemaficionados
Cole Smithey | ColeSmithey.com
Ken Hanke | Mountain Xpress
Bob Westal | Bullz-Eye
Roger Ebert | Chicago Sun-Times
Kim Newman | Empire
Peter Travers | Rolling Stone
Vincent Canby | The New York Times
William Brogdon | Variety
Killian Fox | The Guardian
Lisa Schwarzbaum | Entertainment Weekly
Dave Kehr | Chicago Reader
Marjorie Baumgarten | The Austin Chronicle
Peter Stack | San Francisco Chronicle
David Nusair | Reel Film Reviews
Yasser Medina | Cinemaficionados
Cole Smithey | ColeSmithey.com
Fix a critic’s review
Dueling Critics
“My favorite Hitchcock film … ‘Rear Window’ is a perfect film…it is a deserving classic…’Rear Window’ captures everything that Hitchcock is about…humor, suspense, and even some terror.”
“It is a film with no empathetic character…What starts out as a cautionary tale about the dangers of voyeurism and public scrutiny, twists to confirm to the grassing behavior of a white supremacist. Reporting on your neighbors much?”
Summary & Info
A wheelchair-bound photographer (James Stewart) passes the time by spying on his neighbors from his apartment window, when he becomes convinced that one of them has murdered his wife and disposed of her body. Cast: Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr and Wendell Corey. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. [1:52 – PG]