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Movie Reviews of Wait Until Dark
Movie Review: CLASSIC Audrey Hepburn Movie!! My Favorite!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Before I married my wife, I was not a big Audrey Hepburn fan at all. I had not seen any of her movies, and had only heard her name come up when Jennifer Love Hewitt did the TV movie about her several years ago. HOWEVER, my life changed (in more ways than one) when I married one of the biggest Audrey Hepburn fans of all time!! Before I knew it, I was singing along with "Just You Wait, Henry Higgins" with "My Fair Lady" and "Blue River" with "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and going crazy every single time I saw good AH movie that was not in my collection. When my wife told me about "Wait Until Dark", the fact that Audrey plays a blind woman sparked my curiosity and I bought it almost right away. BUT NOTHING COULD HAVE PREPARED ME FOR THIS MASTERPIECE!!! The movie is AMAZING, and I wish I was alive back when it was first released in theaters because that would have definitely been a wild experience. Scary movies these days are too unrealistic; directors seem to feel as if you have to have a lot of special effects, screaming, and bloody scenes to be effective. However, "Wait Until Dark" proves that sometimes it's not what you see that is scary, but rather what you do not. CLASSIC, CLASSIC, CLASSIC!!Movie Review: Kill The Lights...
Summary: 5 Stars
WAIT UNTIL DARK was one of my favorite thrillers growing up. It always made me spill my snacks during late-night viewings. Susy Hendrix (the enchanting Audrey Hepburn) seems like the perfect prey for the utterly wicked Harry Roat (Alan Arkin). After all, she is a tiny woman, and she is blind. Roat has concocted a brilliant scheme to retrieve a heroin-filled doll that was slipped to Susy's husband, Sam (Efrem Zimbalist, jr.) by its terrified courier. Roat arranges for Sam to leave town and hires two ex-cons (Richard Crenna and Jack Weston) to pull off the scam by acting like an old friend, a police officer, etc. Susy is taken in at first, but ultimately "sees" through the whole charade. This leads to the showdown finalé. I remember being scared $#!tless of Roat when I was a kid! And for good reason. He is one of the coldest, craziest, and most ruthless killers ever portrayed on film. Arkin oozes w/ menace, making every word or movement of Roat feel dangerous. He is a coiled viper. A seemingly serene shell containing only death. The climactic battle between Roat and Susy is one of the classics! Don't worry too much about her though, as she proves to be far more than Mr. Roat bargained for...Movie Review: Engrossing classic thriller---one of the best ever filmed
Summary: 5 Stars
I love classic thrillers, and this is definitely one of my favorites. Audrey Hepburn convincingly portrays a blind woman who, unbeknownst to her, has a heroin-filled doll in her apartment. Two recently parolled con-men and one coolly sinister killer will stop at nothing to find that doll. Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, and Jack Weston all perform wonderfully in their roles. Especially Arkin; his Harry Roat character is one of the best villains in cinema history. The only qualm I had with characterization was Hepburn's husband, played by Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. His character seemed too callous, and his reaction at the end of the film was terribly written, acted, and directed. But he plays a minor role in the film, so it doesn't affect the overall quality of the picture.
Although nearly every scene takes place in Hepburn's apartment, that does not diminish the film's suspense or terror. In fact, this increases the effectiveness of the climax. To reveal any more details about this film would be criminal, though. Stay "in the dark" about the details of this film until you see it, then watch it in the dark. Like other reviewers have said, it's WELL worth it.
Movie Review: Classic psychological thriller
Summary: 5 Stars
What would it be like to be blind and to be trapped knowing that many bad men are coming to kill you? Well, steel your nerves and find out with Audrey Hepburn.This is one of my all-time favorite films -- it shocked and thrilled me when I first saw it many years ago, and even though some of the atmosphere has magically turned to camp these days, it still is a solid vehicle. The performances are unforgettable, especially Hepburn's portrayal of a not-so-helpless blind woman with nerves of steel. Guaranteed you'll never look at Alan Arkin the same way again.
This film contains some of the most chilling lines and epiphany moments I've ever witnessed. The plot unfolds at such a meticulous pace that the psychological tension has no where to go but up. "Keep tapping!"
Here's a hint to make it even better: WATCH IT IN THE DARK!!! Orginally the theaters where it was shown blacked out even the exit signs so that the climactic scene would plunge everyone into the same darkness.
Sure, some of it is campy fun now, but prepare yourself to be startled and to feel as trapped as Audrey Hepburn. Go on, scream for help -- will anyone hear you?
Movie Review: Best Audrey Hepburn Film
Summary: 5 Stars
Its really good to watch a Hepburn film where she's not playing a demure princess.And she displayed her good acting talent in this one.
Audrey Hepburn palys a newly blind woman who was left in a house by her husband and who was being terrorized by a group of nasty men trying to retrieve a doll inside her house filled with drugs.Its up to her to save herself with a little help from a little girl next door.Richard Crenna's character pretends to be an authority trying to help her to get inside the house easier but they somehow couldnt find the doll.The men inside her house seem to be acting strange (she hears somebody wiping the furniture all over the living room) then she realized theyre up to something.
The highlight of the film is when she's trying to save herself (breaking all the light bulbs so they would be equal) from the killer Alan Arkin.
I saw this one rainy day and it added to the suspense.This is one of the greatest suspense movies ive seen.