Saturday, 25 January 2014

A killing to be made

Hitchcock (2012)

Directed by Sacha Gervasi this film based on real events stars Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson and Ton Collette. In 1959 the famous director sets out to make his darkest and most disturbing film yet.

It is hard to say how much of this film is fiction and fact as at times the script does stray into speculation of the protagonists inner fantasies but in general it seems to do a decent job of sticking to real events. What is most interesting is the relationship between Hitchcock and his wife which comes to dominate the film. Clearly what is most impressive about the film is the performance of Hopkins and Mirren in the lead roles as Hopkins in particular undergoes a real transformation for the part.


4/5

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