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Josh Lewis3.0

alfred hitchcock ending his career with a literal wink into the camera feels appropriate.

theriverjordan3.5

Alfred Hitchcock goes out with the last laugh - to a joke that, more or less, only he would find funny. Perhaps, himself — and his wife, Alma. “Family Plot,” about a fake psychic that crosses paths with real serial killers, is an old man’s afternoon daydream of parlor grotesquery. The film is just perverse enough to cause an eyebrow raise. But, not enough to get grandpa’s Viagra prescription reduced. The movie dialogues best in Hitchcock’s filmography with “The Trouble with Henry.” Where “Henry” was quaint and comfortably claustrophobic in its rural idyll, “Plot” is aggressively odd in the hijinks that unfold within its Californian limbo. The film is almost too courteous to be camp. Compared with its immediate forerunner, “Frenzy,” the moments of violence feel positively demure.Perhaps, then, “Plot” is best categorized as a pastiche. Hitchcock; lovingly parodying his own earlier work, through a merely endearing level of excess. There are elements of the director’s iconic heist capers, his manhunt murders, and his later melodramatic domestic dramas. All of them; played to a level of absurdity that still promise a congenial degree of distance. To watch “Plot” is to sit on the sofa with Hitchcock and Alma; flipping through old family photo books of assassinations past. The odd, iconic couple - laughing all the way to the morgue. All 52 Alfred Hitchcock Films Ranked

Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine2.5

Action! - The Master & The Fan: Hitchcock's Bumping Road To Mastering SuspenseAnd with this intricate crime drama laced with cheeky humour, we bring our Master of Suspense marathon to a close, although I have a film and Hitchcock adjacent later today as you can see on the schedule. And, as you can see, it was a tough journey, but by the second half, when I got to the best films, I could see why many deem him one of the greats.The cinematography and acting in this film were excellent. I liked some of the humour, especially anything about Barbara Harris as this fake psychic, and her interaction with Bruce Dern was some of the best in the film - but to be honest, I didn't care about much of the story, I couldn't connect with it. Perhaps this is why I struggled to follow the plot at times and confused the characters and some of their role in the movie.All in all, maybe not the best way to end Hitchcock's filmography, but it could have been worse. If you want to watch a more comedic version of a Hitchcock flick, this is it.TODAY SCHEDULEFamily PlotRebecca (2020)Rebecca (1940)High Anxiety