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Notorious (1946)

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Reviews Counted: 30

Fresh: 29

Rotten:1

Average Rating: 9.1/10

Consensus: Sublime direction from Hitchcock, and terrific central performances from Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant make this a bona-fide classic worthy of a re-visit.

Runtime: 2 hrs

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: NOTORIOUS is Alfred Hitchcock's classic romantic espionage thriller, with passionate, brilliant performances by Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, featuring one of the most famous screen kisses in film... NOTORIOUS is Alfred Hitchcock's classic romantic espionage thriller, with passionate, brilliant performances by Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, featuring one of the most famous screen kisses in film history. At the end of World War II, American military intelligence drafts the alluring daughter (Bergman) of a convicted Nazi to infiltrate a band of nefarious Germans who have fled to Brazil. She is teamed with a dashing but chilly agent (Cary Grant) with whom she falls deeply in love. Because of her past, however, the rigid and judgmental agent refuses to trust her--and their relationship falls completely apart when she agrees to marry the ringleader of the Germans (Claude Rains) in order to have better access to information. The marriage touches off an intricate downward spiral of deceit and betrayal, leaving Bergman trapped in the home of an enemy. If her husband ever discovers the truth about her mission, her life will be in mortal danger. Punchy dialog animates this action-driven thriller that maintains its suspenseful drama to the very end. [More]

Starring: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern

Starring: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern, Reinhold Schunzel, Moroni Olsen, Ivan Triesault, Alexis Minotis, Wally Brown

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Composer: Roy Webb

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A nearly flawless espionage thriller that has been mimicked many times since, but never equaled.

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02/13/09
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

It’s the accuracy, efficiency and control of Hitchcock’s direction that most impress. They enable him to dovetail the film’s thriller format and romantic story to dizzying, expressive and unique effect.

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01/16/09
Wally Hammond
Time Out

A glorious exercise in film style, where virtuoso camerawork combines with the characters to create a wonderful harmony of visuals and narrative - and where the complexities of character and story exist above and beyond the dictates of genre.

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01/16/09
Channel 4 Film

Hitchcock’s classic 1946 thriller Notorious is a terrific romantic tango between Ingrid Bergman’s exotic and spicy socialite and Cary Grant’s prim and proper American spy. It’s also shameless war propaganda.

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01/16/09
James Christopher
Times [UK]

Notorious has fascinating echoes of other Hitchcock movies such as Rebecca and Psycho. A must-see or must-see-again.

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01/16/09
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

One of Hitchcock's best

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03/16/07
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

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03/13/06
Cole Smithey
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Stunning, smooth Hitchcock thriller benefits from Cary and Ingrid.

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03/09/06
Steve Crum
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01/26/06
Time Out

There's no mincing words here: NOTORIOUS is badly dated.

Full Review Source: LYTRules.com | comment 3 Comments
06/27/05
Luke Y. Thompson
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Emanuel Levy
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05/14/04
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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12/10/03
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

Shimmering and stealthy in its violence, Notorious is Hitchcock's best of the 1940s.

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08/14/03
Nick Davis
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04/30/03
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

Bergman and Grant sizzle in this espionage tale written by Ben Hecht.

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03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Occasionally too slow, but compelling

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11/05/02
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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08/22/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

The suspense builds continually, operating on multi-layers...

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01/27/02
John A. Nesbit
Old School Reviews

Alfred Hitchcock's most openly sensual film.

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Michael Atkinson
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