Yes, it's pointless, but not the abomination it is often considered as. The original is an outstanding movie and Van Sant did the right thing by not fucking with it (too much).

Poor remake.

Only God knows why.

Pointless.

No glamour, no nothing. Just a failed attempt to repeat Hitchcock's work, with no inovations.

Fora de propósito, não tem mérito nenhum em simplesmente repetir a filmagem original, quadro a quadro, fala a fala. Mesmo com a tentativa de cópia fiel de 'Psycho', só que em cores, ainda assim Van Sant eliminou quase todo o clima de suspense. Comparado com o original, no qual a tensão era presente em toda a película, nesse de Van Sant as cenas-chave apenas aconteciam sem o timing hitchcockeano.

The original had something special and this one just seemed very dull. The idea of a shot-for-shot remake is neat to talk about and think about, but in the end... not so good.

People sometimes ask my why I dislike Gus Van Sant so much. Well, behold. Here it is.

This movie is about as necessary as a condom with a hole poked into it. Shame to all involved in this movie. except viggo of course. i couldn't stay mad at him. shame to everyone else though for making this the only viggo movie i gave a 0 too.

One of the best suspense films evar.

the worst remake to ever grace our screens; i guess its worse because the original is such a masterpiece

Good, but not as good as the original.

Really bad remake(?) of a really good classic horror film. Don't bother!