It's kind of sad actually. It's sad that such a fantastic director can get such an unfit treatment. Anthony Hopkins-one of my favorite all time actors portrays Alfred Hitchcock and can never seem to get the look, feel or voice down right. As well-the rest of the cast-talented as they may be never step up to the plate. They all just kind of sit there and do nothing as does the movie itself. Needless to say-Hitchcock is a complete failure.
The film follows the world famous director on his trek to make his new supposed masterpiece-Psycho. Everyone doubts he will make this film a success. Even his wife-Alma Reville (Helen Mirren) is starting to work with writer Whitfield Cook (Danny Huston) in skepticism of her husband's latest project. It is not until Alfred hires sex symbol Janet Leigh (Scarlett Johansson) to star in the picture that the film really starts to get good. The film I'm referring to getting good is Psycho not Hithcock.
One of my main problems with the film is it never got the look right. Despite a few cool opening scenes..for a movie about the early 60's...it never felt as if it was set in that time period. The film also feels as if it never knows what it wants to be. There are attempts at humor and suspense and drama. However, it never felt like it wanted to mix these genres. It felt as if it was more confused than anything. It's almost as if director Sacha Gervasi (who previously did the fantastic documentary Anvil; The Story Of Anvil) had no clue how to direct a non-documentary film. Also-writer John J. McLaughlin (who previously did the phenomenal Black Swan) didn't seem to be able to get this fictionalized account's message across right. Yes-we all know that Psycho ended up being a huge success but was it really necessary to slam the whole "the film is never going to even happen" thing into the audience's heads? I don't think so. Furthermore-the film seems to be too much of a showcase for Mirren. Yes-we know she is a fantastic actress but in a film called Hitchcock...why put his wife in the spotlight?
All in all-the film will appeal only to those majorly obsessed with the ingenious director. Sure-I'm a huge fan of his and know much about him but that really didn't seem to matter. When you have an option of how to spend ninety minutes of your life why would you possible choose to see a film such as Hitchcock? It's simply not worth it.
(1 out of 5 Stars, The film is rated PG-13 for some violent images, sexual content and thematic material)
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