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North by Northwest (1959) Rank 3 Reviews
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Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)
Masterpiece is a word that is associated with a large number of the movies directed by the late, great Alfred Hitchcock. NORTH BY NORTHWEST is without a doubt one of Hitchcock's greatest masterpieces. ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)
Plugged In
Intelligently woven thrillers. Nail-biters that keep viewers on the edge of their seats. For many teens, those are the popcorn movies of choice. They want action, mystery and suspense. But in recent decades, Hollywood has handed over this high-octane ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at Plugged In
InsidePulse.com (Robert Sutton)
The 1950's were a wonderfully creative time for Alfred Hitchcock. Seemingly no other period in the director's career yielded such remarkable results. While Hitchcock began the period with the low key and ultimately forgettable Stage Fright, he began a ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at InsidePulse.com (Robert Sutton)
Cinema Blend
In the 1950's Alfred Hitchcock learned from an associate of a fake secret agent created by British embassy secretaries to throw off the Nazis during World War II. A few years later, Hitchcock had the script with his beloved Mount Rushmore sequence and ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at Cinema Blend
DVDBeaver
While preparing "Vertigo", Hitchcock was taken ill and during his convalescence, he had read the book "The Wreck of Mary Deare", which impressed him to such a degree, that he decided for it to become his next project. ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at DVDBeaver
AudioVideoRevolution.com DVD review
'North by Northwest' may not be quite at the top of the Hitchcock list, but it's very high, and one of his most entertaining movies. Ernest Lehman's script is mostly a means of getting Cary Grant from one dangerous situation to another, but the dialog, ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at AudioVideoRevolution.com DVD review
Film Freak Central Review (Walter Chaw)
Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) is Alfred Hitchcock's most mercurial anti-hero, the soup bone reduction of the Master's wrong-man theme. An advertising executive so at ease with changing his identity at the fall of a hammer, he has, by film's end, ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at Film Freak Central Review (Walter Chaw)
New York Times (A.H. Weiler)
... a colorful and exciting route for spies, counterspies and lovers. ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at New York Times (A.H. Weiler)
DVDnett.no
er et svært spennende år i filmhistorisk sammenheng. "Den nye bølgen" etablerte seg i Frankrike, store italienske regissører tok nye veier, og i USA fikk auteur-orientert film en sterkere posisjon. En av pådriverne var Alfred Hitchcock, som i sin ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at DVDnett.no
filmcritic.com travels North by Northwest
It was with slight disappointment and definite surprise that I found, after years of intending to see it, Hitchcock’s North by Northwest coming in just under the top tier of his films. Watching Cary Grant hustle through a cross-country wrongly-accused ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at filmcritic.com travels North by Northwest
MediaCircus (Anthony Leong)
Finally had the chance to see this movie on video. I was expecting... something better. Sure, it was neat to see a young Martin Landau and there were some interesting sequences... but I bet that if you re-made the film today, starring someone like... ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at MediaCircus (Anthony Leong)
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Orbital Reviews
Cary Grant plays Roger Thornhill, an advertising executive who Phillip Vandamm (James Mason) mistakes as a government spy named George Kaplan. After Vandamm's cronies nearly kill Thornhill by forcing him to drink an entire bottle of bourbon and drive ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at Orbital Reviews
Brilliant Observations on 1173 Films (Clayton Trapp)
In which Alfred Hitchcock irrefutably demonstrates that a great director needs neither brilliant acting nor an intricate plot to generate historic suspense. And that even when it is entirely clear from the start that it's a film where nothing bad could ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at Brilliant Observations on 1173 Films (Clayton Trapp)
DVDownUnder (Matt Goldsmith)
It's amazing how much films have changed over the years and it seems we don't look upon our present films quite as fondly as we do with those of yesteryear.
Even so, it seems many of these beloved "vintage" pictures are destined to erode away with ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at DVDownUnder (Matt Goldsmith)
DVD Times
Alfred Hitchcock is clearly having immense fun with North By Northwest and the viewer has no choice but to enter into the spirit of things. This is a wonderful toy of a movie which doesn't stand up to a moment's careful consideration; it doesn't need to, ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at DVD Times
Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
Hitchock is an odd case in cinema history. Despised for years by critics as nothing but a gimmicky director, he was recognized when European filmmakers like Truffaut expressed their admiration for his work, and now, decades after his death, he's praised ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
KQEK DVD Review (Mark R. Hasan)
Though revisited from the initial snapper case release from August 2000 among Warner Bros' September 2004 Hitchcock wave, "North By Northwest" still remains a benchmark in DVD mastering. The matte colour palette of the film's VistaVision photography ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at KQEK DVD Review (Mark R. Hasan)
iF Magazine
Picking the best Alfred Hitchcock movie is kind of like choosing the best star in heaven - there are so many and they're pretty much all incredibly good. The sheer craft and thought that goes in to any Hitchcock movie should be sufficient to embarrass ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at iF Magazine
DVD MovieGuide
Cary Grant teams with director Alfred Hitchcock for the fourth and final time in this superlative espionage caper judged one of the American Film Institute's Top-100 Films and spruced up with a new digital transfer and remixed Dolby Digital Stereo. He ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at DVD MovieGuide
filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
Poor Roger Thornhill. Over the past few days, he's been kidnapped, forced to drive drunk, jailed, wanted for murder, chased by a crop duster, and arrested. Worst of all, he's been abandoned by blonde seductress Eva Marie Saint.
It's been a busy week ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
This is Alfred Hitchcock at his most playful, Cary Grant at his most debonair, and Universal's home video crew at their most adept. It's a potent combination for one of the screen's choicest comedy thrillers, "North By Northwest."
Actually, I suppose ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
Associated Content
Alfred Hitchcock reigns as one of the most creative and talented directors in the history of cinema. He is famous for his manipulation of the genres of suspense and horror and often approaches both genres at a different, more shocking angle than any ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at Associated Content
The Tech (MIT) (Cecil Esquivel)
North by Northwest is great fun. For today's action movie standards, it has a good script, good locations (Grand Central station, Mt. Rushmore, Chicago), and good actors (Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint). Even the plot is good. An advertising agency ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at The Tech (MIT) (Cecil Esquivel)
Screen Scene (Keith Dumble)
Stylish characters, a witty script, eye-catching cinematography and a gripping plot all contribute to North By Northwest being a classic piece of Hitchcock hokum. With at least two immortal scenes (the agrophobic nightmare of the crop duster attack and ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at Screen Scene (Keith Dumble)
Stockholm Film Review : North by Northwest
Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) is a successful, suave and busy advertising executive. One afternoon, he meets some cronies for drinks in a hotel when he realises that he must send a message to his mother (Jessica Royce Landis). Hailing a passing waiter, he ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at Stockholm Film Review : North by Northwest
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Alfred Hitchcock's North By Northwest has gained a reputation as one of his greatest achievements. It's certainly a highly enjoyable movie, and it should be a template for most thrillers, but coming as it does after Hitchcock's darkest and best movie ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
DVD Savant review
Just when you thought North by Northwest was being ignored in the wake of the classy Universal Hitchcock DVDs, Warner Home Video comes to the rescue. Hitch's most famous man-on-the-run epic is now restored to a superior lustre. Boasting a flawless 16x9 ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at DVD Savant review
Film e Dvd
Con North by Northwest (diventato in italiano "Intrigo internazionale") Hitchcock non ottenne un immediato successo, ne di critica ne di pubblico. Oggi è invece considerato unanimemente un capolavoro e due particolari sequenze sono entrate nella storia ...read the complete North by Northwest movie review at Film e Dvd
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