Review of Body Double (1984) by Jack Kroll for Newsweek — 27 Feb 1987
Body Double is an exhilarating exercise in pure filmmaking, a thriller in the Hitchcock tradition in which there's no particular point except that the hero is flawed, weak, and in terrible danger -- and we identify with him completely.
The movie is so cleverly constructed, with the emphasis on visual storytelling rather than dialogue, that we are neither faster nor slower than the hero as he gradually figures out the scheme that has entrapped him.
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This review of Body Double (1984) was written by Jack Kroll and published by Newsweek on 27 Feb 1987.
Body Double has generally received positive reviews.
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