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Psycho (1998) Rank 2 Reviews
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Expanded Cinemah
Interpreti: Anne Heche (Marion Crane), Vince Vaughn (Norman Bates), Julianne Moore (Lila Crane), Viggo Mortensenn (Sam Loomis), William H. Macy (Milton Arbogast)
Il punto centrale della discussione sul nuovo Psycho riguarda le differenze con il ...read the complete Psycho movie review at Expanded Cinemah
Bright Lights Film Journal (John W. Hall)
The New Yorker (Ken Marks)
If the original did not exist, would this picture be worth ...read the complete Psycho movie review at The New Yorker (Ken Marks)
Film Freak Central (Bill Chambers)
Variety (Godfrey Cheshire)
A faithful-unto-slavish remake of the 1960 Hitchcock classic, pic contains nothing to outrage or offend partisans of the original, yet neither does it stand to add much to their appreciation. ...read the complete Psycho movie review at Variety (Godfrey Cheshire)
Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
NandoNext (Christopher Santucci)
CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Alberto Cassani)
Moviola (Jorge G. Avila Andrade)
Miradas desde el Sur (Leonel Delgado Aburto)
Box Office Magazine
Boxoffice Magazine
www.zelluloid.de review: Psycho
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Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
This Psycho seems a little nuts. ...read the complete Psycho movie review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
It's so slavishly similar to its predecessor - right down to the symbolic lettering on Marion's license plates - that there's little to spark fresh discussion except the acting. ...read the complete Psycho movie review at Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Rick Groen)
In the shock department, the ante has been upped, way up, and a mere kitchen knife through a shower curtain just doesn't cut it any more. ...read the complete Psycho movie review at The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Rick Groen)
Film Threat (Ron Wells)
The movie doesn't stink. The performances are good, potentially great, especially Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates. ...read the complete Psycho movie review at Film Threat (Ron Wells)
TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Van Sant's film feels as dated as Hitchcock's, and Hitchcock's has the better excuse. ...read the complete Psycho movie review at TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Palo Alto Weekly (Leonard Schwarz)
Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
It's so slavishly similar to its predecessor -- right down to the symbolic lettering on Marion's license plates -- that there's little to spark fresh discussion except the acting. ...read the complete Psycho movie review at Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)
Cinematter (Matt Williams)
Edward Johnson-Ott
Michael Dequina
SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
Arrow in the Head ("The Arrow")
Reviews by John (John Haywood)
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Treading on some serious hallowed ground here, folks. Director Gus Van Sant decides he wants the certain fruitless endeavor of remaking a masterpiece. Talk about doomed from the start!A secretary is entrusted with the transport to a bank of $400,000. Bein ...read the complete Psycho movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)
Hitchcock's Psycho had a lot more than watchability going for it. Van Sant's film impresses only on the level of a cinematic parlor trick, and while that makes it an interesting curiosity, the world doesn't need it. ...read the complete Psycho movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)
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Empire (Jeff Dawson)
The thrill of the original is seeing a black-and-white, one-foot-on-the-floor, no-sex-please Hays Code world suddenly explode into a slasher movie. Our loss of innocence has, simply, changed all the rules. ...read the complete Psycho movie review at Empire (Jeff Dawson)
Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
The response for anyone familiar with the original Psycho is likely to be restricted to a narrow range between briefly enjoyable déjà vu and mild disappointment. The movie lacks the chutzpah to even be a travesty. ...read the complete Psycho movie review at Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The movie is an invaluable experiment in the theory of cinema, because it demonstrates that a shot-by-shot remake is pointless; genius apparently resides between or beneath the shots, or in chemistry that cannot be timed or counted. ...read the complete Psycho movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Redundant and unnecessary. ...read the complete Psycho movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
U.S. Distributor: Universal Pictures [Click here to read my review of the original 1960 film.] There's no secret why this new version of Psycho exists. Redundant and unnecessary as it is, it will likely make money for Universal Pictures (a studio in dire ...read the complete Psycho movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The most dramatic difference between Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1960) and Gus Van Sant's "shot-by-shot" remake is the addition of a masturbation scene. That's appropriate, because this new "Psycho" evokes the real thing in an attempt to re-create rememb ...read the complete Psycho movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
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