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Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Rank 3 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Shadow of a Doubt (1943) a score of 3.5844 out of 4

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Quick Reviews (J.D. Funari)

Evil comes to small Norman Rockwell-esk town in this early Hitchcock thriller. Joseph Cotten exudes a menacing charm as deceitful Uncle Charlie who may be withholding a horrible secret from his favorite niece. While overly melodramatic staples of era ...read the complete Shadow of a Doubt movie review at Quick Reviews (J.D. Funari)

DVD Times (Mike Sutton)

Shadow of a Doubt was Hitchcock's first fully American film. Not in terms of finance or setting but because it was an intrinsically American piece. ...read the complete Shadow of a Doubt movie review at DVD Times (Mike Sutton)

Greatest Films - comprehensive analysis of classic US films

Shadow of a Doubt (1943) has often been seen as director/producer Alfred Hitchcock's best American film (and second film with Universal Studios) - and it was purportedly his own personal favorite. The cynical, film-noirish, war-time film was shot on ...read the complete Shadow of a Doubt movie review at Greatest Films - comprehensive analysis of classic US films

Movie Vault (Mel Valentin)

In interviews given later in his life, Alfred Hitchcock pointed to 1943's smalltown suspense/thriller, Shadow of a Doubt as one of his personal favorites. Shadow of a Doubt, however, is rarely mentioned in the same conversation with Hitchcock's other ...read the complete Shadow of a Doubt movie review at Movie Vault (Mel Valentin)

eFilmCritic Reviews

Charlie (Teresa Wright) can't wait for her favourite uncle and namesake Charlie Snr (Joseph Cotten) to come and visit her and liven her life up. She's at home with her parents and in a small town like Santa Rosa there's just not that much to do. She's so ...read the complete Shadow of a Doubt movie review at eFilmCritic Reviews

DVD Savant review

Everyone who thinks Blue Velvet is a great film should give Shadow of a Doubt a serious looking-over. Both are about 'normal' American towns living in seeming complacent denial, while dark and malevolent forces seeth below the surface. Both feature ...read the complete Shadow of a Doubt movie review at DVD Savant review

Slant Magazine (Fernando F. Croce)

The celebrated opening sequence finds the film's moral yin-yang, chilly murderer Charlie (Joseph Cotten) and his young niece and namesake (Teresa Wright), at opposite ends of the country, he in New York City and she in Santa Rosa, yet both arranged in ...read the complete Shadow of a Doubt movie review at Slant Magazine (Fernando F. Croce)

Slant Magazine - DVD Review

espite being his sixth Hollywood production, Shadow of a Doubt is the picture where Alfred Hitchcock first discovered America, locating the mirror image for the ominous instability lurking barely an inch under the cozy surfaces of his native England. The ...read the complete Shadow of a Doubt movie review at Slant Magazine - DVD Review

The SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review

Alfred Hitchcock is considered one of the greatest directors of the Twentieth Century. ...read the complete Shadow of a Doubt movie review at The SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review

El Criticon (Antonio Mendez Casanova)

Hitchcock indagando en el lado oscuro del ciudadano medio gracias al desarrollo de esta historia sobre un adorado ser humano, quien guardando una intachable apariencia de modelo y encantador ciudadano, esconde a un peligroso e impenitente ...read the complete Shadow of a Doubt movie review at El Criticon (Antonio Mendez Casanova)

ToxicUniverse.com (John A. Nesbit)

The idea of 'bringing menace to a small town' certainly appeals to the master ...read the complete Shadow of a Doubt movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (John A. Nesbit)

eFilmCritic.com (M. P. Bartley)

filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)

"Shadow of a Doubt" is a good film despite many nagging problems. It benefits from an excellent cast and an intelligent script. Most of the problems arise from character development and plot, and while each taken separately are minor, they combine to ...read the complete Shadow of a Doubt movie review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)

Classic Film Guide (--)

Like Suspicion (1941), Hitchcock decided to cast a traditional "good guy" actor (in this case, Joseph Cotten) as his villain who has come to visit his sister's house to elude two detectives (MacDonald Carey & Wallace Ford) on his trail. It's said to be ...read the complete Shadow of a Doubt movie review at Classic Film Guide (--)

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