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Wrong Man, The (1956) Rank 5 Reviews
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Cinephile Magazine (Richard X)
Not as successful upon release as other Hitchcock films, The Wrong Man, nonetheless, employs typical Hitchcockian suspense and danger, while showing impressive restraint in telling the real-life tale of a small-time musician's. ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at Cinephile Magazine (Richard X)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
The bleakest of Hitchcock's films, this stark, deliberate probing of a man wrongfully accused is almost wholly based on fact, creating its drama from a celebrated New York City case. Fonda plays Manny Balestrero, a family man who plays stand-up bass at a ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Perhaps the most underrated and least known of Hitchcock's great films. ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
"One of Hitchcock's underrated great films that never got its proper due, put aside by some critics as merely a minor ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Filmjourney
If The Wrong Man has suffered from a less popular connection with audiences than Hitchcock's other films of the same period like Rear Window, North By Northwest, or Psycho, it's no doubt largely due to its unique, understated tone. Based on a true story, ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at Filmjourney
DVD Verdict
"Although Hitchcock always insisted he made The Wrong Man because it was 'the available project,' it was precisely the material he'd been after for some time [and] now he wanted to sink his teeth into neorealism. ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at DVD Verdict
eFilmCritic Reviews
Is there any phrase that messes with how one views a film more than "based on a true story?" Once it's been connected with a movie, it becomes difficult to judge a film as just a movie; every emotion connected with the story and characters becomes ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at eFilmCritic Reviews
HorrorTalk
Prior to the start of the film is a brief introduction by Alfred Hitchcock stating that every word of this story is true. ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at HorrorTalk
Brilliant Observations on 1173 Films (Clayton Trapp)
Alfred Hitchcock portrays what most everyone considered a good legal system, at the time. True story, and it's as difficult to figure out who is in the wrong here as it is in the song "Who Killed Davey Moore?" The witnesses are trying to tell the truth, ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at Brilliant Observations on 1173 Films (Clayton Trapp)
KQEK DVD Review (Mark R. Hasan)
Based on an actual case from 1953, "The Wrong Man" is a refreshing work after one has already familiarized oneself with Alfred Hitchcock's more iconic thrillers and epic suspense films. Though not financially successful upon its original release, the ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at KQEK DVD Review (Mark R. Hasan)
DVDBeaver.com (Gary W. Tooze)
Manny Ballestero (Henry Fonda) is a simple, honest, hardworking musician at New York's famous Stork Club. When his wife Rose (Vera Miles) needs money for some dental work, Manny goes to his local insurance company to borrow some funds on her policy. ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at DVDBeaver.com (Gary W. Tooze)
DVD Movie Central
As most Hitchcock fans know, one of the Master of Suspense's favorite themes was that of an innocent man being pursued for a crime he did not commit. From Hitchcock's earliest films, such as The 39 Steps, to some of his final classics, like North by ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at DVD Movie Central
Channel 4 Film (--)
Henry Fonda is the innocent family man who finds himself in court for armed robbery in Hitchcock's sober and thought-provoking drama about mistaken ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at Channel 4 Film (--)
filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
Without a doubt, Alfred Hitchcock's favorite film theme was the 'Wrong Man', somebody (usually male) falsely accused of a serious crime (usually murder). Often, this unlucky person then tries to evade the law, in order to prove his innocence. He ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
At-A-Glance Film Reviews (--)
Of all Alfred Hitchcock's films, The Wrong Man just may be the most haunting. There's no Norman Bates and no killer birds, but worse: a horror story that's not only based on a true story, but one that could conceivably happen to any one of us. Henry ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at At-A-Glance Film Reviews (--)
eFilmCritic.com (Jay Seaver)
One of the most taut scenes in Hitchcock's work comes early on, as the tellers at an insurance company glance at Manny and are convinced he's the man who robbed them twice. Their fears are groundless, but no less real. ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Jay Seaver)
Time Out (--)
Hitchcock's long-standing fear of the police is what originally attracted him to a newspaper account of a family man wrongly identified as an armed robber. ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at Time Out (--)
Urban Cinefile (Urban Cinefile Critics)
It starts with a dead body, a briefcase and numbers in a ledger. There is a horse race, a hooker named Gloria and a dope doctor with a big mouth. By the time we get to meet Josh Hartnett's Slevin, wearing nothing but a mauve and white floral towel around ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at Urban Cinefile (Urban Cinefile Critics)
Slant Magazine - DVD Review
Claims that The Wrong Man is the first film Hitchcock made based on real events are a tad spurious (Leopold and Loeb, anyone?), but it does find the master far enough removed from his P.T. ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at Slant Magazine - DVD Review
In Film Australia (--)
Film auteur Quentin Tarantino has a lot to answer for. Not only has this former video store geek introduced audiences to a whole new form of out of sequence, hard-edged, quirky crime flick but he has, some would argue, led to the dangerous desensitising ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at In Film Australia (--)
Sydney Morning Herald (--)
The Wrong Man has a great cast, a stylish aesthetic, some good dialogue, a plot full of twists and it adds up to precisely nothing. It's deeply superficial, as Andy Warhol once said about himself, but what's wrong with ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at Sydney Morning Herald (--)
New York Times (A.H. Weiler)
Frighteningly authentic, the story generates only a modicum of drama. ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at New York Times (A.H. Weiler)
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
In Hitchcock's litany, it ranks as one of the most forgettable works from his mature era. ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
filmcritic.com
Hitchcock famously hated the police -- thanks to an experience as a youth in which his father had him locked up at the local jail -- and more than any other film The Wrong Man exudes that sentiment. ...read the complete Wrong Man movie review at filmcritic.com
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