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Rope (1948) Rank 5 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Rope (1948) a score of 3.0344 out of 4
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Rope (1948) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Vincent Canby)New York Times (Vincent Canby)
Rope is not merely a stunt that is justified by the extraordinary career that contains it, but one of the movies that makes that career extraordinary. ...read the complete Rope movie review at New York Times (Vincent Canby)
Rope (1948) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
A minor masterpiece; Hitchcock could turn out brilliance even when he considered himself to be simply playing around. ...read the complete Rope movie review at UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
Rope (1948) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Hitchcock said it was a stunt, but Rope is a fascinating experiment trying to find the cinematic equivalent to a play, with the camera constantly searching ...read the complete Rope movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Rope (1948) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Rope (1948) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
This modestly successful thriller stands out as Alfred Hitchcock’s first colour film and for the presence of two obviously gay lead characters. ...read the complete Rope movie review at Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
Rope (1948) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Slant Magazine (Fernando F. Croce)Slant Magazine (Fernando F. Croce)
"A crime for most, a privilege for some" is how Rupert classifies murder, but Hitchcock's eye-am-a-camera technique in Rope is after more than Nazi-superman residue still lurking after WWII. ...read the complete Rope movie review at Slant Magazine (Fernando F. Croce)
Rope (1948) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
The supposedly invisible editing is more of a distraction than being really innovative. ...read the complete Rope movie review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
Rope (1948) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Cine-club de Caen (Jean-Luc Lacuve)Cine-club de Caen (Jean-Luc Lacuve)
Au dernier étage d'un building new-yorkais, un cri est vite étouffé... Deux jeunes gens de la meilleure société, Brandon Shaw et Phillip Morgan, viennent d'étrangler avec un bout de corde David Kentley, l'un de leurs camarades d'études. Ils ont ...read the complete Rope movie review at Cine-club de Caen (Jean-Luc Lacuve)
Rope (1948) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for DVD Verdict (Norman Short)DVD Verdict (Norman Short)
...a story that doesn't follow through on the creepiness of its premise and comes off more like an episode of "Columbo." ...read the complete Rope movie review at DVD Verdict (Norman Short)
Rope (1948) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Bosley Crowther)New York Times (Bosley Crowther)
Apart from the tedium of waiting or someone to open that chest and discover the hidden body which the hosts have tucked away for the sake of a thrill, the unpunctuated flow of image becomes quite monotonous. ...read the complete Rope movie review at New York Times (Bosley Crowther)
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Rope (1948) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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3.0344
Rope (1948) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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