Rebecca

Not enough Kristin Scott Thomas, too much Netflix.

Jesus Christ. I assume that this was meant to be true to the original 1940's version (not seen it), considering how stupid all the women were and what assholes all the men were. Rebecca had the right idea... Apart from the cousin thing. Sam Riley should never try to play the slimy bad guy, he does it far too well.

A romance I guess? Starts to look like a horror then takes a murder mystery turn but all without teeth. I'm not sure what the point is. If there's a message at all I missed it. They're rushing towards something but seems to just be the end.

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There's a relatively effective psychological thriller in the middle of this, and a few gorgeous landscape shots, but a rather boring romance and an unremarkable hitting-the-plot-points denouement begin and end the film and cause it to fail, in the end, to be anything particularly gripping.

This was built on so much hope. I liked Lily James' performance (Armie Hammer was a little wooden), and the set-up and mystery the story is built around is interesting enough. It's the reveal and the conclusion that's all a mess and, it really doesn't deliver.

It's perhaps a sad irony that this effort comes up frustratingly short of living up to its own "REBECCA", thanks to Wheatley's ultimate uncertainty on how to handle the material. This requires a grim, gothic, even melodramatic approach consistently at odds with efforts to make the characters "complex" and "human" – the moment we are expected to sympathise with Mrs Danvers' plight, all is lost. Fine performances, and lush cinematography, can't shake off the ghosts of Hitchcock's original.

The ending made the whole thing fizzle out and lose any tension in a flop instead of coming to a bang. It was intriguing for a bit, it had me wonder if it would be a bit of a Jane Eyre twist where Rebecca would be alive and hidden somewhere. But yeah, then the ending, just too neat and happy and rushed.

Though the film and stars looked great, this remake was lacking something. Watch the original instead.

Wheatley's update on Hitchcock's Rebecca is a predictable mix of higher production values & increased female agency that would have been praiseworthy had the film not been unimaginative & dull. Rather than any semblance of a thriller, the film is an ethereal romance, heavily foreshadowing every plot point to come. A larger focus on the courtship and more contemporary (better) pacing makes the 1st act good, but once Hammer is side-lined, James struggles to carry the film. Thomas is great though.

Overly long and contrived drama, where nobody seems to like the protagonist. Boring, predictable movie with many plot holes and mediocre acting.

Such a bland direction by Wheatley that this is even difficult to hate. I just feel completely indifferent to it. The feminist revisionism is so damn badly held that it seems to fire back and actually ruin the novelty take.

it's purty but I was sort of forgetting it as I was watching it.

It's a bit of a tonaly confused film. Especially the final act drifts so far away from the remainder of the film, switches gears so fast and changes the rhythm so suddenly that it took me little to get back on my feet. Acting and design is superb, but the rest is just meh..

I'm somewhat surprised by the negative reception of this new adaptation. While Hitchcock's work still feels fresh and engaging today, and this isn't the most "necessary" update, I thought it was perfectly fine and often beautiful to look at.

It's too cliché

It's OK. I need to watch the original to compare it.

The story is as good one by Daphne Du Maurier and very visually appealing. The cast is mostly so-so in this take and I found the direction to be quite inferior to Hitchcock's brilliant go with the original, which sadly holds this back to an average movie.

Yönetmen Ben Wheatley olduğu için, beklentim vardı fakat hayal kırıklığı yarattı. Hitchcock'ın uyarlaması ne denli kusursuzken, bu film maalesef tamamen problemli. Oyunculuklardan tut, karakterleri ele alışa, senaryo dinamizminden tut, basite kaçmaya kadar, her şey sorun. Sanki günümüzde yazılmış bir gençlik romanı havası verilmiş. Tek iyi yanı, Wheatley'nin harika yönettiği birkaç sekans, onun dışında kayda değer bir tarafı yok.

Visually stunning, but lacking substance.