De Palma shows the kind of restless intelligence which suggests that he will want to work in many different forms, and certainly he needs more chances to work on a larger scale... But he doesn’t have to move away from thrillers to prove he’s an artist.

| Sep 18, 2023

Dressed To Kill is a nail-biting, seat-squirming, stylish murder mystery with a brain.

| Apr 28, 2018

Originality has never been a high value in the genre-bound aesthetic of filmmaking, but De Palma cheapens what he steals.

| Sep 26, 2007

Despite some major structural weaknesses, the cannily manipulated combination of mystery, gore and kinky sex adds up to a slick commercial package.

| Sep 26, 2007

Inflates paperback pulp psychology into something like a plot, all the better to demonstrate that filmmaking is an inherently visual storytelling.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Sep 2, 2006

Ultimately, the film amounts to little more than a consummate study of suspense technique, all dressed up with nowhere to go.

| Jan 26, 2006

DePalma is not yet an artist of Hitchcock's stature, but he does earn the right to a comparison.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 23, 2004

An A for style, a D for substance, with a plot that makes no sense at all.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 16, 2004