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47 out of 100

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4.3 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 15 Ratings

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  • Starring: Anne Heche, Vince Vaughn
  • Summary: Intrigued by the notion of taking an intact, undeniable classic and seeing what would happen if it were made again - with a nearly identical shooting script - but with contemporary filmmaking techniques, Gus Van Sant recreates the motion picture Psycho. (Universal Studios)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 23
  3. Negative: 4 out of 23
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Edward Guthmann
    75
    Norman Bates is alive and well, and just a tad kinkier than you remember him.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Godfrey Cheshire
    60
    A faithful-unto-slavish remake of the 1960 Hitchcock classic, pic contains nothing to outrage or offend partisans of the original, yet neither does it stand to add much to their appreciation.
  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    38
    The movie is an invaluable experiment in the theory of cinema, because it demonstrates that a shot-by-shot remake is pointless; genius apparently resides between or beneath the shots, or in chemistry that cannot be timed or counted.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 2 out of 4
  1. CooterPatooter
    1
    Roger Ebert said it perfectly. When your shot-for-shot remake turns out to have zero of the intensity of the original, it serves as excellent proof that **** sense of timing and atmosphere simply cannot be duplicated. Totally pointless and completely forgettable. Watch the original.… Expand
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  2. aaronpaul121
    0
    Frankly, this experimented shot-for-shot remake is just an insult to the timeless, classic 1960 original version of "Psycho".
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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