Can't believe I'm only seeing this now. It's great. Basically a play. There couldn't have been more than 15 shots. Ending had me in tears. Shouts out...
A review by barrymost
7.0
Written by barrymost on 3 / Aug / 2020
Rope was the first Alfred Hitchcock/James Stewart collaboration. They would go on to do "Rear Window", "The Man Who Knew Too Much", and finally, "Vertigo". This being the first, and also a kind of e...
A review by CinemaSerf
7.0
Written by CinemaSerf on 7 / Jul / 2022
Now I may be completely off beam here, but there is something ever so slightly homo-erotic about the relationship between John Dall ("Brandon") and Farley Granger ("Philip") in this rather clunky murd...
A review by James
7.0
Written by James on 6 / Oct / 2023
Somebody should have stopped Hitchcock from all this innovating business…...
A review by James
7.0
Written by James on 6 / Oct / 2023
**It ends with a shot**
Like no film ever did that....
A review by griggs79
5.0
Written by griggs79 on 2 / Dec / 2024
_Rope_ is often praised for its technical ambition but falls flat in genuine suspense. The single-take gimmick overshadows the storytelling, leaving it feeling more like a stage play trapped in a cine...