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Rebecca (1940)

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Rebecca (1940) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars Rebecca (1940) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
Overall Rating:3.6061
Avg Critic Score:3.5539

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Rebecca (1940) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Flick Filosopher's take The Flick Filosopher's take
Atmospheric and moody, Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca is a masterpiece of style and substance, an extended meditation on how the dead haunt the living. Photographed in somber shadows, few movies before or since have taken such glorious advantage of ...read the complete Rebecca movie review at The Flick Filosopher's take
Rebecca (1940) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for DVDBeaver.com (Gary W. Tooze) DVDBeaver.com (Gary W. Tooze)
Well, it's not a Hitchcock picture," Alfred Hitchcock once told François Truffaut when asked about Rebecca, his first American film and the first in a series made for producer David O. Selznick (Gone With The Wind, A Star Is Born). Though Hitchcock ...read the complete Rebecca movie review at DVDBeaver.com (Gary W. Tooze)
Rebecca (1940) scores a combined 3.82 out of 4 stars for Bina007 Movie Reviews Bina007 Movie Reviews
As part of its programme of rescuing old, withering prints, the British Film Institute has restored and re-issued the classic Hitchcock movie, REBECCA. Based on the best-selling novel by Daphne du Maurier, the movie is a dark psychological thriller, ...read the complete Rebecca movie review at Bina007 Movie Reviews
Rebecca (1940) scores a combined 3.81 out of 4 stars for Guardian/Observer Guardian/Observer
The director's first American feature, adapted from Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel. ...read the complete Rebecca movie review at Guardian/Observer
Rebecca (1940) scores a combined 3.76 out of 4 stars for Dual Lens - Review Dual Lens - Review
There are several things that should be given at least cursory attention when considering Rebecca, Hitchcock’s American debut studio film. There is the fact of the Orson Welles radio play adaptation of the best-selling 1936 du Maurier novel, performed ...read the complete Rebecca movie review at Dual Lens - Review

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Rebecca (1940) scores a combined 3.74 out of 4 stars for CultureDose.net (John Nesbit) CultureDose.net (John Nesbit)
David O. Selznik originally brought Alfred Hitchcock to Hollywood to work on a film about the Titanic, but Selznick changed his mind after getting rights to Rebecca. He had blockbuster visions of another Gone with the Wind and attempted some of the same ...read the complete Rebecca movie review at CultureDose.net (John Nesbit)
Rebecca (1940) scores a combined 3.67 out of 4 stars for NightsAndWeekends.com (Kristin Dreyer Kramer) NightsAndWeekends.com (Kristin Dreyer Kramer)
Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca (based on the novel by Daphne Du Maurier) is the story of a young woman (Joan Fontaine) who’s working as the traveling companion of a gossipy old woman. While in Monte Carlo, she meets Maxim de Winter (Laurence Olivier), a ...read the complete Rebecca movie review at NightsAndWeekends.com (Kristin Dreyer Kramer)
Rebecca (1940) scores a combined 3.64 out of 4 stars for At-A-Glance Film Reviews At-A-Glance Film Reviews
Even amongst the vast array of classics in Alfred Hitchcock's filmography, few match the power and resonance of Rebecca, the director's adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier novel. Essentially a Hitchcockian "noir-ish" mystery, this atmospheric film ...read the complete Rebecca movie review at At-A-Glance Film Reviews
Rebecca (1940) scores a combined 3.63 out of 4 stars for KQEK DVD Review (Mark R. Hasan) KQEK DVD Review (Mark R. Hasan)
The 1940 film version of Daphne du Maurier's best-selling novel, "Rebecca," marked director Alfred Hitchcock's first American film, and the third phase of his lengthy career: after the British Silents and Sound films, "Rebecca" inaugurated the ...read the complete Rebecca movie review at KQEK DVD Review (Mark R. Hasan)
Rebecca (1940) scores a combined 3.63 out of 4 stars for Reel.com DVD review (Rod Armstrong) Reel.com DVD review (Rod Armstrong)
On Criterion's magnificent Rebecca DVD, a variety of people (including Hitchcock himself) offer opinions as to why this movie has remained so popular, so it's a pleasure to report that the two-disc set matches the staying power of the film itself. The ...read the complete Rebecca movie review at Reel.com DVD review (Rod Armstrong)
Rebecca (1940) scores a combined 3.62 out of 4 stars for The Onion A.V. Club (Keith Phipps) The Onion A.V. Club (Keith Phipps)
Well, it's not a Hitchcock picture," Alfred Hitchcock once told François Truffaut when asked about Rebecca, his first American film and the first in a series made for producer David O. Selznick (Gone With The Wind, A Star Is Born). Though Hitchcock ...read the complete Rebecca movie review at The Onion A.V. Club (Keith Phipps)
Rebecca (1940) scores a combined 3.61 out of 4 stars for Cinema Laser Cinema Laser
Although REBECCA ($40) was Alfred Hitchcock’s first American film, there are times the end result seems to be more of a David O. Selznick production, than a movie directed by "the master of suspense." Don’t get me wrong, REBECCA has Hitchcock’s ...read the complete Rebecca movie review at Cinema Laser
Rebecca (1940) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Reel Comments film review Reel Comments film review
When Laurence Olivier was refused his fiancee Vivien Leigh as his protagonist/antagonist to play the new Mrs. DeWinters, he instigated a furor between he and his new sidekick, Joan Fontaine (who later was able to tustle the pie in his face with an Oscar ...read the complete Rebecca movie review at Reel Comments film review
Rebecca (1940) scores a combined 3.57 out of 4 stars for Mondo Digital Mondo Digital
Richard Hannay (Robert Donat), a Canadian staying in England, escorts a frantic, mysterious woman (Lucie Mannheim) back to his flat. She tells him that she is a spy being pursued by an organization called The 39 Steps, led by a man missing a finger from ...read the complete Rebecca movie review at Mondo Digital
Rebecca (1940) scores a combined 3.55 out of 4 stars for Rotten Tomatoes - Reviews from the Nation's Top Critics Rotten Tomatoes - Reviews from the Nation's Top Critics
Even when he made romance movies, Alfred Hitchcock chose stories where everything was not the way it seemed. Of course it’s an overstatement to simply categorize Rebecca as a romance film, as it is far more than that. ...read the complete Rebecca movie review at Rotten Tomatoes - Reviews from the Nation's Top Critics
Rebecca (1940) scores a combined 3.54 out of 4 stars for DVD Review DVD Review
Arguably one of Alfred Hitchcock’s best films, his 1940 take on Daphne DuMarier’s novel “Rebecca” doesn’t find half as much mention as some of his later films. Undeservedly it always stands in the shadow of films like “Psycho”, ...read the complete Rebecca movie review at DVD Review
Rebecca (1940) scores a combined 3.54 out of 4 stars for About.com Home Video/DVD (Ivana Redwine) About.com Home Video/DVD (Ivana Redwine)
In 1938 Daphne du Maurier's melodramatic novel "Rebecca" became an international bestseller, and film rights were acquired by Hollywood producer David O. Selznick. Also in 1938, Alfred Hitchcock, then a noted director of British-made suspense movies, ...read the complete Rebecca movie review at About.com Home Video/DVD (Ivana Redwine)
Rebecca (1940) scores a combined 3.53 out of 4 stars for DVD Verdict DVD Verdict
A great film like this deserves the royal treatment when put out on DVD, and unfortunately this one didn't get it. The video is presented in full frame and the sound is Dolby Digital 2.0. That's the good news. The bad news is that this film was just ...read the complete Rebecca movie review at DVD Verdict
Rebecca (1940) scores a combined 3.53 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic Reviews eFilmCritic Reviews
Joan Fontain starts as the shy, young heroine, whose name remains untold. She finds herself in Monte Carlo, a paid companion of the obtrusive would-be society dame Mrs. Van Hopper (Florence Bates). There she meets the esteemed Maxim De Winter (Laurence ...read the complete Rebecca movie review at eFilmCritic Reviews
Rebecca (1940) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for The Greatest Films - comprehensive analysis of classic US film The Greatest Films - comprehensive analysis of classic US film
Rebecca (1940) is the classic Hitchcock gothic thriller and a compelling mystery (and haunting ghost story) about a tortured romance. An expensively-produced film by David O. Selznick (following his recent success with Gone With The Wind (1939)), it was ...read the complete Rebecca movie review at The Greatest Films - comprehensive analysis of classic US film
Rebecca (1940) scores a combined 3.51 out of 4 stars for DVDTown (John J. Puccio) DVDTown (John J. Puccio)
Because 1999 marked the one hundredth anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock's birth, we're seeing a lot of his films transferred to DVD from a number of different companies. Universal Studios have already given us special editions of "Vertigo" and "Psycho. ...read the complete Rebecca movie review at DVDTown (John J. Puccio)
Rebecca (1940) scores a combined 3.51 out of 4 stars for DVD Savant review DVD Savant review
Joan Fontaine simps and frets and cowers through most of Rebecca, and does a good job of not coming off an idiot. Quite the opposite: She takes the key role in this realm of women's fantasy and embodies it well. The Second Mrs. de Winter is as ideal an ...read the complete Rebecca movie review at DVD Savant review
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