Personally, I think this is one of Hitchcock's Best Films. I know that is a HUGE statement to make when comparing all of his best movies. So I will start by defending my review LOL. Hitchcock is/was a genius. Psycho is perhaps his most memorable movies and even that is hard statement to defend considering all the incredible contributions he made. I love all of his movies and TV shows. Honestly, all of his movies with the exception of Rear Window, Frenzy and Family Plot, are great, once again, my opinions and I am sure many think Rear Window, Frenzy and Family Plot are great movies but not in my opinion.
One of the reasons I think that Rope is an excellent movie is because it tackled a subject matter ahead of its time is because... MAJOR SPOILER ALERTS... This movie addresses two psychopathic homosexual "lovers" that murder a friend. Somewhat based of the infamous true murderers, Leopold and Loeb. Extremely well acted by Farley Granger, who stated in his memoirs that he was basically somewhat bisexual and John Dall, who was "never married". None of this really matters, they were both excellent actors and by all accounts were well-liked people. On a side note, Granger is excellent in another Hitchcock movie, Strangers on a Train and Dall is excellent in Gun Crazy, a film noir film and The Corn is Green with Bette Davis. Another opinion of mine regarding Rope, I think James Stewart is an EXCELLENT actor but his role in this film is not one of my favorites. I welcome your negative comments LOL. Not really but this is after all my review. That being said, this is a GREAT movie. Thanks for reading!!!
Review of Rope
