Suspicion
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Movie Reviews of Suspicion
Movie Review: RKO Tampering Mars Hitchcock Thriller
Summary: 2 Stars
Cut from the same stylistic cloth as "Rebecca," director Alfred Hitchcock's first teaming with Cary Grant was this disappointing 1941 adaptation of Francis Iles' novel "Before the Fact." Hitchcock successfully cast Grant against type as Johnnie - a reckless, irresponsible playboy who marries the shy Lina (played by an ineffectual Joan Fontaine). Because of mounting circumstantial evidence, Lina suspects that her husband is a murderer. Lina's psychological tug of war builds to a ludicrous climax that negates the entire film. If Hitchcock had his way, "Suspicion" would have evolved into a disturbing thriller rather than a missed opportunity. Unfortunately, RKO altered the framework of "Suspicion" with the same callous insensitivity that marred Orson Welles' "The Magnificent Ambersons." Another drawback is the lack of chemistry between Grant and Fontaine. In future films, Hitchcock made certain Grant was paired with romantically compatible co-stars such as Ingrid Bergman and Grace Kelly. "Suspicion" should be viewed as a blueprint for a more rewarding Hitchcock-Grant collaboration, "Notorious" (1946).
Movie Review: Dated and irritating
Summary: 2 Stars
Cary Grant as "Johnnie" and Joan Fontaine as "Lina" get married after knowing each other for what seems about 2 minutes. There is no sign of romance throughout the movie.
Johnnie is fast-talking and witty - only to himself - and he calls Lina "Monkeyface" about 30 times too many - once was enough. He also calls his over-acting best-friend "Beaky", and "Beaky" refers to Johnnie as "old bean".
Out-dated atmosphere where people "change for dinner", etc.
Over the course of time, Lina has a "suspicion" that Johnnie has killed someone and plans to kill her, too. The ending seems tacked on, and makes a fool out of Lina, and us.
Although it contains a few trademark Hitchcock elements, and was Oscar-nominated for Best Picture (and Joan Fontaine won for best actress), this is a dull, dreary bore.
Movie Review: bad casting decision
Summary: 2 Stars
I'm a big fan of Hitchcock but this film just doesn't work for me and the reason for that is the casting of Cary Grant in the main role. In order for this film to work you have to be able to buy Cary Grant as a possible murderer. I mean, it's CARY GRANT. You know he's not going to murder anyone. As a consequence there's no tension in this movie at all because you know he's innocent from the get-go. Now if they had given Joseph Cotton the role things would have been different.Movie Review: A disappointing Hitchcock
Summary: 2 Stars
Although Fontaine and Grant are marvelous, and Hitchcock's direction is great as always, Suspicion suffers from a major script flaw. I don't want to give anything away, so I'll only say that the end felt like a major cop-out and, after I saw the feature with comments on the making on the film, and the changes made to the original screenplay, I can confirm that's exactly what it was. A shame, because this could have been an amazing movie.