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- 1945
- Passed
- United Artists
- 1 h 51 m
- 1945
- Passed
- United Artists
- 1 h 51 m
Summary A psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory.
Directed By: Alfred Hitchcock
- 1945
- Passed
- United Artists
- 1 h 51 m
- 1945
- Passed
- United Artists
- 1 h 51 m
Spellbound
78
7.8
Summary A psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory.
Directed By: Alfred Hitchcock
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
78
94% Positive
15 Reviews
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6% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
78
94% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
6% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Based on Francis Beeding's The House of Dr. Edwardes, scripted by Ben Hecht, and with Salvador Dali's notorious surreal dream sequence as a shocking interlude, this was one of Hitchcock's most romantic and popular '40s movies; it's also the source of most of Mel Brooks' parody High Anxiety. [26 Nov 1999, p.A]
A fascinating, grim, exciting motion picture, based on the current popular interest in psychiatry, and illustrating a new method of crime detection. [25 Jan 1946, p.17]
With Hitch letting rip on the imagery - including a Dali-designed dream sequence - it's as colourful as black-and-white gets. [07 Aug 2010, p.43]
Of all the pop-psychiatry movies from the 1940s, Spellbound survives its kitschy elements -- wallows in them, even -- to remain as fascinating as expected from a collaboration that was contentious. [04 Oct 2002]
An intriguing Hitchcock thriller which probes the dark recesses of a man's mind through psychoanalytic treatment and the love of a woman.
Spellbound is also a tale of suspense, and Hitchcock embellishes it with characteristically brilliant twists, like the infinite variety of parallel lines which etch their way through Peck's mind.
Yet, with all the obvious ingredients for success, Spellbound is a disaster.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 User Ratings
7.8
87% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 User Ratings
7.8
87% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
13% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
0% Negative
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Photoplay Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
