This full of tension movie will haunt you long after watching. I don't think they can make those anymore. Masterpiece.

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I first watched this when I was in the 3rd grade, in a hotel with my mother the night we had moved out of our house in Atlanta, so it will always have a special place in my heart. A wonderful film, although tragic. The book isn't bad either, at least from what I can remember 12 years later.

It's Hitch, and it's great!

Rebecca is clearly a superior classic film, one that is immensely engrossing, leaving you forever haunted by its memory, much the way Rebecca does to those she left behind in this terrific story from Daphne du Maurier's novel. [Full Review]

Good Movie

It simply isnt a story worth telling in my opinion, alot of suspense and build up, for very little pay off. Not Hitchcock's best.

If you didn't know any better, you wouldn't think this is a Hitchcock movie at first. But it gets progressively better, and the tension starts to build heavily about a third of the way through. It's a bit overlong, and Selznick's influence can definitely be felt throughout most of the film, but the last act is pure Hitchcock thriller and works as a big payoff.

Expertly directed, and with a mysterious story that unfolds intriguingly and satisfyingly. The last act suffers slightly from some bogged down pacing, but it's not a big problem. One of Hitchcock's best.

My personal favorite of Hitchcock's movies, and I'm probably the only one who feels that way. But then again, I didn't like Vertigo.

The great acting is enough to make a classic of Hitchcock's Rebecca. Hitch doesn't insert any of the trickery that he will be known for later on in his career, and in this case, the movie is better for it. Man, I think I would have decked that creepy maid at some point though.

One of Hitch's best. Olivier is a master.

Not one of Hitchcock's greatest films, but leagues ahead of what most other filmmakers were capable of at the time. The first 2/3 of the movie is absolutely terrific, with a perfectly creepy and mysterious feel, but the last third seems too tangential and it loses the mood that it built up for so long. Still an excellent film that I enjoyed thoroughly.

I know that this preceded it, but it I found it to be like Suspicion, only done right.

With all of the praise heaped on this film, I found it to be strikingly un-subtle, especially the score. And the Hemingwayesque sexual-treatment of the women as either children or whores was quite distracting.

Definitely not one of the better Hitchcock's, but it still resolves itself nicely. About an hour in I was like when is he gonna get to the point? He eventually does and the finale (house on fire is gonna stay with me forever) and climax are quite striking but getting there is a bit grating. Fontaine's character is too timid and almost unbelievable at times. The servant works for you dummy tell her to shut the hell up.

Beautiful photography and a chilling atmosphere steeped in mystery. There is an awful lot to admire in Rebecca but special mention should go to the Mrs Danver's character - who is disturbing and sinister yet believable - an image created through cooperation of script, direction, camerawork and performance. She serves as a microcosm example of why this film works so well.

The opening third, well, sucked. Pretty hard. Just the sort of aimless, banal high society boy-meets-girl crap that was in all the movies no one talks about from that era. I guess that was sort of the point though, since banal shit was what Mr. de Winter was after. Once they get to the creepy old mansion, though, the film picks up and we're rewarded with non-stop tension and "shit's not right, sir" moments. Pretty well-done, and I suppose, worth the best picture Oscar it received.

Damn that Mrs. Danvers.