At the time the topic -a psychopathic stalker- was really modern. At first it's also cleverly done as Eastwood does not take sides: both characters are equally emotionally retarded and Eastwood comes across as downright nasty. It's also well acted. The problem with that film is however that the story does not carry it for a feature length so Eastwood includes two awfully long and boring scenes. These films are very visual but also very self indulgent. What the film would have needed is more character development in the middle. So you end up with a film that starts pretty interesting, then slows down incredibly with an ending or rather a climax that comes to sudden. So all in all the dramaturgy is wrong and the look of the film (long, long scenes with music) today seems terribly dated.
Review of Play Misty for Me
