Film Review: Rear Window

Rear Window: I'd never seen it before but i had seen it spoofed in both The Dectectives & The Simpsons - they didn't really ruin anything cos its pretty obvious what was going to happen. The film's excitement is from the suspense that constantly builds throughout. Jimmy Stewart's brilliant in this but everytime i see him in anything i can only picture Elwood P. Dowd - i love Elwood so much cos he really is one of cinema's greatest characters but yeah he's James Stewart so i cannot fault him in this either - or anywhere tbh. Grace Kelly is so fuckin hot too - i never realised how much of a complete stunner she is! No wonder she married a prince - she deserved to be a princess cos she's right up there with Audrey Hepburn in the quality totty stakes. 4 stars alone for you Grace Kelly - you go Grace Kelly.
There really isnt a lot that happens in this film apart from Hitchcock building up the suspense in much the same way as he did in Spellbound (which i watched last week). He does seem to get the best out of his actors though - for a while i was worried Grace Kelly wouldn't actually do anything but thankfully her part got much juicier in the second half of the film and thats when she came into her own. The script is very tight and there isn't a hell of a lot of filler so that makes it seem a hellova lot shorter than it actually is. Took me ages to realise that the man they were watching was Ironside - i can only imagine where Mark was during all this, no doubt prepping the chair as usual.
Overall this is another very well made Hitchcock production - not exactly the classic i was expecting but still a fuckin deadly movie thats a million miles better than the majority of shite being made ever since.
Very glad i finally got around to watching it and would definately recommend it to all. 4 / 5