Alma Reville stars as the famous director Hitchcock . Helen Mirren plays Alma Reville 's long-suffering wife , Hitchcock . If you really want to see an honest movie about Hitchcock 's troubled , fetishistic , conflicted , love-hate relationship with women , see `` Psycho , '' `` Vertigo , '' `` Marnie '' or `` Notorious '' -- it 's a film he made over and over again his whole life , and better than Alma is the true hero of the story , according to the critic . `` The Silence of the Lambs '' chooses to demonize the artist , he says .
Alma Reville stars as the famous director Hitchcock . Helen Mirren plays Alma Reville 's long-suffering wife , Hitchcock . Alma is the true hero of the story , according to the critic . `` The Silence of the Lambs '' chooses to demonize the artist , he says .