Dressed to Kill
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Movie Reviews of Dressed to Kill
Movie Review: A really good thriller
Summary: 5 Stars
Watching a really good thriller is like enjoying a feast after a day long fast. Absolute Satisfaction !!! This movie embodies all the elements of a great thriller ... * A taut script * Well Developed Characters * Hard hitting acting. The story begins with Angie Dickinson, a bored housewife largely unsatisfied with her husband who yearns for more. On one of her visits to the museum she befriends a strange man and has an affair with him. She enjoys her time spent with the stranger realising how much she was missing when she is with her husband and on one such occassion while returning home she is brutally murdered in an elevator. A young lady (Nancy Allen) catches a glimpse of the murderer and she initially becomes a suspect and later a prime witness. Giving away any more of the story would be a crime as the several twists and turns this movie takes are what make it so engrossing. A tad slow moving at times the movie picks up the pace almost immediately before the viewer realises with some finely nuanced performances by Michael Caine,Angie Dickinson,Nancy Allen and Dennis Franz among others. The suspense is maintained throughout the film and makes you want to watch it again and again. This movie is an absolute must for a collector and I hope the Special Edition does some justice to this fine movie. Also recommend watching the following ... * The Usual Suspects * Out of Sight * The Rear Window.Movie Review: A classic
Summary: 5 Stars
When a director can have the actors and cameras tell a story over about 20 minutes without a word... you have a classic.
Such is the scene that starts in the museum with Angie Dickinson being cruised, then cruising, then being picked up and taken away. She wakens in the morning, finds out a secret, leaves and is then killed horribly. It is rare that you will see all that take place and not a word is spoken by any of the principal actors.
The movie shifts gears after that and the cat is after the mouse.
Technology that was available at the time is brought into use. DePalma's use of split screens and camera angels keeps the movie going along. Nancy Allen plays a role she plays well... a hooker. But one of the principal actors here.
I would say that this is DePalma's second best movie. His best is without a doubt 'Body Double'.
Sure, they're both a lot like hitchcock. But that's okay. I liked hitchcock and I'm glad to see somebody making films so close to his you sometimes cannot tell the difference.
Speaking of body double, I understand that the making of that film was as a result of the criticism that DePalma and Dickinson recieved for the use of a body double in this movie. Interesting.
Movie Review: DePalma's finest
Summary: 5 Stars
The first thing anyone renting this film must know is that it is extremely, graphically violent, quite a bit more so than the R-rated version which I recalled seeing in theaters when it first came out. That having been said, I can report that it is an extremely suspenseful thriller, as well as a visual tour de force. Every frame is filled with beautiful detail, including visual effects of lighting, reflection, glare that are DePalma trademarks. Indeed, most of the story is told visually. Most of the opening sequences, from the scene in the museum up to the murder, is told with no dialogue at all, just framed and narrated entirely visually. Other scenes, the subway, setting up the hidden camera, discovery of the murderer, final scene, are all told visually, with great economy of means. DePalma is often seen as an "over the top" director, but in this film, all of his skill is devoted to presenting the story.There are many scenes of great humor--at the police station, the late scene in the restaurant, most of Nancy Allen's dialogue.
Acting is superb. Michael Caine is especially powerful, but Nany Allen, Angie Dickinson, Keith Gordon, and Dennis Frantz all give first-class performances.
Movie Review: dressed to kill
Summary: 5 Stars
Brian de palma's little classic marvel--an ingenious variation on themes from hitchcock that is in many ways more formally rigorous and consistent than the "master"--has here for the first time since laser disc given the viewer a chance to see it as it should be seen, it's full screen surprises, featuring clever dirty jokes, the lush fluidity of the museum ballet, one of the greatest cinematic slashings ever filmed, suspenseful slitherings at the edge of the screen, and a conclusion to the key split-image sequence. Liz, having seemingly escaped Bobbie the transexual killer, finds "her" once more shadowing her(Liz's) apartment. A head shot of the two women looking at some pointless street noise shows us Liz visually doubling the killer in a manner impossible to see in standard formats, which clearly evokes the underlying point to this giggly and jittery movie. The making of documentary, though entertaining, does not give us a forthright Mr Depalma discussing what he wished to convey in this work's strict structural symetries and various inter-echoes. Keith Gordon's appreciation doesn't do quite enough--enjoy him in the movie instead. Definitely a must see.Movie Review: DePalma at the Top of His Form
Summary: 5 Stars
Director Brian DePalma really hit it in some of his films that were a homage to the late Alfred Hitchcock. This is one of them. For those of us really missing Hitchcock, this film was a welcome breath of thriller fresh air. While employing a more flamboyant style than Hitchcock and at times straying "over the top," DePalma nevertheless solidly holds his own in delivering a screen thriller. I've seen it several times and always enjoyed it. Who is murdering women is the question? And who will he murder in this film? We start off with Angie Dickinson as the killer's target and that entire sequence is bravura film making of the most exuberant order. Then we segue into examining Dickinson's psychiatrist, played by Michael Caine, through the sleuthing of Nancy Allen and Dickinson's son. If you want to compare this film to a Hitchcock film, I think it most resembles "Frenzy" about the London necktie murderer of women. I also really like "Blow Out" which I see ... is selling in tandem with this one as a special. You would do well to get both. You will be hugely entertained.