The Man Who Knew Too Much

hitchcock remakes his own british thriller to fulfill a contract obligation to paramount. it's obvious that he's phoning this one in, as the result is the kind of meandering big budget hollywood thriller that turns a profit year after year but instantly becomes forgettable. you know, your sum of all fears, your eagle eye, your safe house. yeah, just like those, you'll have little reason to think of this again save for the albert hall sequence which hitch recycles from his earlier film. where does the blame lie? there are a lot of great ingredients here! stewart was a proven hitchcock leading... read more