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Title: A lot of build up with very little pay off.
Review: I didn't really care for this movie and I don't think it belongs in AFI's top 100 movies. The acting is definitely the best part of this movie. I mean you can't really go wrong with Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly. But It is not enough to make this a good movie in my opinion. I believe this movie is shot all from one room. The movie is mostly dialogue between Stewart and whomever is in his room at the time. During the times where there is no dialogue the camera is panning into the other windows of the courtyard. Stewart really doesn't have much evidence to go on but he is convinced one of his neighbors killed his own wife. The movie builds and builds until we find out he is right. There are no twists, He and his girlfriend are threatened twice but it's really not that threatening. I think it's a good idea but Hitchcock missed on this one.
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