Hitchcock's elegant cinematic style, evident here and there, seems wasted in a melange of banal dialogue, obtrusively phony process shots, and a plot that congeals more often than it thickens.

| Apr 28, 2020

Psychologically resonant, visually transcendent ...

| Sep 21, 2015

Hitchcock was criticised for bring shallow psychology into the film (Hedren's character is afraid of the colour red) but some of their exchanges - the film was based on a novel by Winston Graham - are sharp and droll.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 31, 2014

This remains a compelling Hitchcock thriller but it's Tippi Hedron's remarkable central performance which steals the show.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 20, 2012

Universally despised on its first release, Marnie remains one of Alfred Hitchcock's greatest and darkest achievements.

| Mar 20, 2012

Marnie is the character study of a thief and a liar, but what makes her tick remains clouded even after a climax reckoned to be shocking but somewhat missing its point.

| Sep 12, 2008

Viewed from the safe distance of four decades after its release, Marnie, perhaps even more than The Birds, emerges as the director's definitive late-period masterpiece.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 17, 2006

It's still thrilling to watch, lush, cool and oddly moving.

| Feb 9, 2006

For my money, this Freudian tale about a beautiful kleptomaniac and liar is one of Hitchcock's best accomplishments, certainly one of his most perverse.

| Mar 10, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 10, 2003

Considered a misfire at the time, it now looks like late-period Hitchcock at his most Hitchcockian.

Full Review | Oct 30, 2001

At once a fascinating study of a sexual relationship and the master's most disappointing film in years.

| Jan 1, 2000