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I Confess
1953
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14
Negative reviews
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Average Rating
3.2
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1.5
While Hitchcock short changes on the expected round of suspense for which he is noted, he does bring out a number of topflight performances and gives ..
Variety
5.0
But often the sense is that there is absolute good in the world of I Confess.
3.0
Its entertaining, and the visuals speak volumes more than the over cooked dialogue.Worth a look.
3.8
The sincerely intense performances by Malden and Clift make this minor Hitchcock tale seem like a major Hitchcock tale.
Sover
3.8
Now its 100 years old and very dated.Even so, a lesser film by the master is much better than any of todays cheap knockoffs, so its still very much wo ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
5.0
The movie is more interesting than achieved: its the most forthright statement of the transference theme in Hitchcocks work, but its also the least nu ..
Chicago Reader
3.1
Theres certainly plenty within The 39 Steps worth admiring and enjoying eg Richards initial escape aboard a Scotland bound train is quite exciting and ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.5
The Nature of Imitation is the sound of Dorian Concept systematically deconstructing various genres, stripping them back to the bones underneath and t ..
Pop Matters
1.0
Photographed in Ansco color with the Natural Vision process (special polarized glasses for viewers), Bwana Devil gives a blurry illusion of depth.
Time
5.0
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Film Freak Central
3.8
There was little room for Hitchcocks usual humor here, nor is there even much suspense.
Movies Tv Guide
3.0
Additionally, Keller isnt sympathetic made less so by his efforts to avoid suspicion and responsibility.
2.0
Alfred Hitchcocks famous talent for brewing a mood of fine suspense with clever direction and cutting is spent on a nigh suspenseless script in I Conf ..
Ny Times
2.0
The sincerely intense performances by Malden and Clift make this minor Hitchcock tale seem like a major Hitchcock tale.
Dennis Schwartz Reviews
3.0
Hitchcocks underrated I Confess may or may not not quite rank with his greatest masterpieces, but it offers perhaps the most compelling variation on t ..
Decent Films
4.5
Occupied the top spot on their Hitchcock chart in its time, but has since been usurped in the minds of contemporary critics by the filmmakers later, s ..
Film4
1.5
Hitchcocks new melodrama, I Confess, has negated the realism to settle for the effects.
OutWeek
2.0
The biggest crime surrounding I Confess is the generally indifferent reception that the film has received over the years
Old School Reviews
4.0
But of non suspense films, I Confess may be his greatest triumph.
The Retro Set
4.5
Although I Confess... lacks some of the cumulative suspense which has marked most pictures by Alfred Hitchcock, it becomes engrossing entertainment be ..
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