Mysterious and suspenseful, Rebecca is a mentally and psychologically stimulating experience

| Jun 14, 2023

The exercise in suspense is dominated by a blistering performance by Judith Anderson as the housekeeper Mrs Danvers.

| Mar 27, 2023

Rebecca might not be the most thrilling feature to come from Alfred Hitchcock, yet it undoubtedly is another great showcase of the filmmakers talents and skill.

| Original Score: A- | Aug 28, 2022

One might have thought that when blackmail and murder were out Hitchcock's feeling for quick explosive action would show itself. Oddly enough he seems instead to lose interest. Perhaps the exquisite silliness of the story was too much for him.

| Aug 8, 2022

Magnificent romantic-gothic corn, full of Alfred Hitchcock's humor and inventiveness.

| Jul 28, 2022

Rebecca has to be seen. Above all, it has to be seen a second time.

| May 9, 2022

Don't go to Rebecca thinking you will see some sort of horror or freak movie. It is not a Frankenstein, but an intensely dramatic piece with all the suspense and emotional appeal you could cram into one movie.

| Mar 24, 2022

There is not a moment... when the camera is not used with cunning confidence... Add to that the usual brilliance of Laurence Olivier and the fact that Joan Fontaine attains a new high level in her career, and you know why this is a first-rate picture.

| Mar 24, 2022

Hitch concentrates on telling the story. He tells it beautifully, but without the filmic asides for which he is celebrated.

| Mar 24, 2022

Alfred Hitchcock has made a first-class job of the production. He decorates the manor of Mandeley with his customary touch of mystery and imagination.

| Mar 24, 2022

Viewed 80 years on, Rebecca still ranks as one of Hitchcocks best movies, and one of the great suspense thrillers. Give it a watch, fall in love with its twisted story, and judge its treatment of its gay lead for yourself.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 20, 2022

Hitchcock's film is long, dark, and important...

| Dec 9, 2021

Rebecca was Alfred Hitchcock's first Hollywood movie after a stellar run in his native England -- to say that it proved to be a potent calling card would be putting it mildly.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 11, 2021

They could have made the last half first, and then saved the first half for a bit of Guy Fawkes bonfire. Unfortunately they didn’t; so the whole thing runs off in fireproof projection booths for two hours and a quarter and the audience burns instead.

| Apr 12, 2021

David Selznick's production of Rebecca, is on a par with Wuthering Heights. It comes near to the art for which the theater at its best stands, which is rare on the screen.

| Apr 12, 2021

[Hitchcock] has succeeded brilliantly In his initial Hollywood venture. In his Individual fashion, he has re-told in his own creepy, colorful way Miss du Maurier's forbidding, fascinating story of life and death, malignancy and murder.

| Apr 12, 2021

I didn't think they could do it! Capture the suspense, the horror, the beauty, and the strange eeriness of Rebecca, the book. But they have! The screen version is subtle, electrifying -- and almost as fascinating as the novel.

| Apr 12, 2021

In her first starring role Miss Fontaine achieves greatness. Laurence Olivier plays the part of de Winter with quiet sureness. Not always symphathetic in the earlier passages, his is a difficult task. Yet he is skilled and true in his interpretation.

| Apr 12, 2021

David O. Selznick has already given us Gone With the Wind, and with Rebecca he adds to his laurels as the most successful film producer of the year.

| Apr 12, 2021

Hollywood should be Hitchcock's by now, for Rebecca is his key to the city.

| Apr 12, 2021