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Movie Reviews of Wait Until Dark
Movie Review: a must see classic movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is great in several ways - all Audrey hepburn fans would love it. She shows that her talent is more than just a beautiful face.
It is also a front runner, because it shows the artistry of a great filmmaker, who can build suspense and tension merely with the use of light, of staging, without resorting to the cheap tricks of excessive violence. The film's use of light and shadow is amazing. The timing of the characters exits and entrances is like watching a finely tuned play. ( this was a play actually.) This one will have you on the edge of your chair. The famous ending scene will take your breath away every time, even if you've seen it before! When Suzy's husband finally gets home and realizes what has happened, his reaction is lame - they should have rewritten that one. But that is only 2 minutes, so don't let that keep you from watching this one. Rent this movie for your teens who like suspense thrillers - they will enjoy it.
Movie Review: A True Psychological Thriller!
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw this movie in its initial release back in 1967. I was gripped right from the beginning and held spellbound all through it. The final 15 minutes is when the big payoff comes and I remember everyone in the theater screaming for dear life! Truly a masterpiece in suspense and psychological thrills.
Here I am 42 years later and this movie has the same effect on me today as it did back then, and this comes after the blood and gore that producers rely on today to scare the bejesus out of us. Pretty poor attempt in my opinion.
Audrey was nominated for a well deserved Academy Award but, unfortunately, she lost to the other Miss Hepburn. Nonetheless, this movie has withstood the test of time and is well worth watching. Try watching it from Suzy's (Audreys Character) point of view, after the initial shock has worn off. It is a whole new experience in chills and thrills!!
Movie Review: DANCING IN THE DARK?
Summary: 5 Stars
THE definitive thriller of the late 60'S, this movie is timeless, because its theme is timeless. Arkin plays the role of an old style villain, using any and alll means to win back a drug filled doll. He partners with Crenna and the ubiquitous Weston, using murder first, intimidation second, then 2 more murders of his devious cohorts, before taking on Hepburn, superlatively playing a blind woman. Hepburn uses every trick in the book, trying to keep her antagonists from finding the doll, which her boy scout husband Zimbalist had had slipped into his possession on a trip to Montreal.This reviewer remembers the lights in the theater being gradually lowered to accentuate the shocking final scenes.One wonders why anyone at any age,with a decent heart,would not be brought back to this classic today, tomorrow, anytime.Movie Review: Pure Suspense.
Summary: 5 Stars
Wait Until Dark (Audrey Hepburn, among others) is a thriller that will make you sit on the edge of your chair, or on whatever else you're sitting. The suspense is very tangible and also increases during the movie, never fading.I'm not sure about this, but I believe WUD is based on a play. If not, it will make a good one. The script is clever and the cast is just wonderful, with Richard Crenna playing an amiable Mike Talman (just amazing). Alan Arkin, who plays the many Roats, is far more sinister, but even this villain possesses a certain charm.
Now I must honor Audrey Hepburn, who deserves a paragraph of her own. So... It's her performance that really hits the nail. She plays a blind woman, and she's not to be underestimated...
Watch this, and don't expect a mere 'contemporary' horror movie. Excellent!
Movie Review: Looking back
Summary: 5 Stars
Like so many others, I too love this movie and am pleased with the DVD release. Rather than repeat what others have said, I wanted to add my own little side note: in addition to leaving front doors unlocked, who in the current time would send an eleven year old girl out at night by herself in Manhattan to the Port Authority Bus Station to wait for buses?!? While I was scared for Hepburn's character in that little apartment, I was also scared for the little girl skipping off into the darkness! Also, it would have made more sense to send her to the nearest police station rather than to wait at a bus station in hopes of running into Hepburn's husband - ah well, movies!
But don't let that stop you from seeing this movie. It's worth every second of great suspense!