Hitchcock

Deb 8    Me 5

This is an inside look at the life of Alfred Hitchcock and the making of the film Psycho. This is one of those flat bio-pics that may be factual and true to life, but it is clinical and never engaging. Deb called it antiseptic. It might be a little septic. I guess you blame the director here. It was a terrific cast including Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel and James D'Arcy who was a ringer for Anthony Perkins; and the acting was all very good. The details were there, all the neat "behind the scenes" stuff on movie sets, everything seemed period correct, no distractions there. The story was probably interesting in itself, they added some subplot people that were of little consequence, but that's no problem. Hitchcock's monotone delivery seemed authentic and appropriate. It is probably a good script. But it feels like it just goes from page to page, they might tell you a few motivations and they are welcome because otherwise you get no sensation of what Hitch might use as a process in making the decisions he made. The film creates no emotional connection with the audience, at least two of its audience. Hitch can be unemotional and detached all he wants, but the director should make us care that he is.