Peeping Tom

  • 1960


MOVIE IS fascinating intelligent satirical unprepared remarkable
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Positive Reviews 31
Negative reviews 7
Average Rating 3.9/5
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5.0
The movies make us into voyeurs. We sit in the dark, watching other peoples lives. It is the bargain the cinema strikes with us, although most films a .. Rogerebert
1.5
Stripped of its color and some excellent photography plus imaginative direction by Michael Powell, the plot itself would have emerged as a shoddy yarn .. Variety
0.5
Also notable is Don Hertzfeldts Billys Balloon, which pits cute and crude stick figure kids against squiggly little balloons to demonstrate some sort .. Austin Chronicle
4.5
A Freudian script of notable maturity teases limitless implications from this premise, while maintaining a healthy sense of humour. Time Out
4.5
This abundantly creepy, and always controversial, British movie never goes out of style.
1.5
Peeping Toms rediscovery, I fear, tells us more about fads in film criticism than it does about art. The New York Times
4.0
How is the film anything other than its own besotted yet savage review of cinema Telegraph
5.0
Far ahead of its time, its a study in voyeurism that equates photography and moviemaking with scopophilia, the morbid urge to gaze. San Francisco Chronicle
5.0
One of the first and still one of the best cinematic journeys into the mind of a psychopath.
4.5
Today, of course, the movie is considered a classic and has inspired an entire generation of visceral film makers. Ny Daily News
4.5
If Powell lacks Hitchcocks ruthless direction of the audience, hes more luridly fanciful and blatantly self reflexive in constructing his infernal mac .. Village Voice
5.0
A remarkable examination of the psychology of filmmaking and film viewing, and one of the most disturbing films ever made. Tv Guide
5.0
Were interested in Mark the way hes interested in photographing a model with a half mangled lower lip. Combust Ible Celluloid
3.5
Mark who is the peeping tom in this situation is probably up there with one of the most complex characters in cinema. You Tube
5.0
Directed by Michael Powell with British Anarchy ... crazy but exquisitely reserved. Recognized now as one of his greatest films, a primer for the use .. You Tube
3.8
It is now justly recognized as a classic of its disturbing kind, treating its material with a restraint, seriousness, and compassion that many of toda .. Cs Monitor
5.0
If anything deserves the dark masterpiece tag, this does: a brilliant satirical insight into the neurotic, pornographic element in the act of filming, .. Guardian
4.5
It is a thriller that still has the ability to shock because it holds up a mirror to the impulses in all of us. Perhaps that is why so many people fou .. Express
5.0
Misplaced critical vitriol torpedoed the original 1960 release of director Michael Powells psycho horror. Fifty years later, its an undisputed British .. Total Film
2.0
The primary conceit of Peeping Tom is to engage the audience as a voyeuristic accomplice to its anti hero protagonist. Coles Mithey
3.0
This fascinating work is as intensely filmed as any thriller done by Hitchcock or Chabrol. Dennis Schwartz Reviews
4.5
Fear, as it turns out, is the most frightening thing in the world, and Peeping Tom makes us feel it palpably as few films have been able to do. La Times
3.0
Though it effectively ended Mr. Powells career, Peeping Tom is now considered a once forbidden classic, an audacious act of self cannibalization in wh .. Guide Live
4.5
Its an understanding and at times even celebratory film attitudes that scandalized critics years ago and are still pretty potent today. Chicago Reader
4.4
And the camera, in skillful hands, can be an exquisite instrument of terror. Articles Chicago Tribune
4.5
Although seemingly about a creep who kills, it is as much about our own voyeuristic fascination with movies. People
4.5
While Hitchcocks masterpiece is unquestionably the more mainstream and formally groundbreaking of the two films, its arguable that Peeping Tom is the .. Future Movies
5.0
Peeping Tom reminds us of the scary, primitive power of movies by putting us, as viewers, in the position of its peeping protagonist. As the psychopat .. Articles Orlando Sentinel
0.0
Lunch on the Grass (X certificate); Jean Renoirs comedy about science versus the simple life, marvelously beautiful to look at, marvel lously fatuous .. Archive Spectator
4.5
Almost forty years later, Powells audaciousness, satirical wit and dazzling color sense still crackle with life. Articles Baltimore Sun
1.5
So many movies about the most depraved of life takers also function as therapies for their audiences; this one makes us accessories to deplorable deed .. Cinema Phile 2010 Blog Spo ..
3.5
Its frank depiction of violence and somewhat sadistic delivery understandably upset the stodgy British public, who were used to prettier fare from Pow .. Gost Dog
4.5
No film, simply, more rightly depicts the psychology of helming a camera, fashioning scenario, and filming it. Directors are alchemists, and character .. Not Coming
5.0
Starring Karlheinz Bhm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey, Maxine Audley, Brenda Bruce, Miles Malleson, Esmond Knight, Martin Miller, Michael Goodliffe, Jack .. Father Son Holy Gore
1.5
Carl Boehm must be credited with a portrayal whose discretion has probably saved the film from its own worst excesses of morbidity. Screen Online Org Uk
4.5
A timeless and sublime masterpiece that presents an incredibly intelligent and moving picture of psychological struggle. Exquisite Terror
4.5
Theres a constantly gorgeous surface a handsome hero, lots of bright Technicolor and a constant moral rot at play underneath. Filmcritic.com
4.5
Critics and audiences in 1960 were unprepared for Peeping Toms relentless self reflexive examination of the voyeurism and sadism explicit in the exper ..



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