Review of Foreign Correspondent (1940) by Josh M — 14 Feb 2010
One of Hitchcock's first American films, Foreign Correspondent is the perfect mix of the romantic lightness of his earlier films and the taut tension that would soon fill every frame. The story here is, well, typical Hitchcock, with the MacGuffin here being even less sensible than usual (in what way would a contract clause really be that important?), but it never really matters, because Hitch brings such momentum and excitement to the film that you don't really stop to think about it till it's done.
More to the point, there are some absolutely spectacular scenes here that deserve to be pretty highly regarded in the Hitchcock pantheon, with my favorite being a chase through a crowd of umbrella-holding pedestrians, although the entire windmill sequence is outstanding.
With a slew of memorable and entertaining characters, a bunch of reversals and swerves, and a climax that comes out of nowhere and is all the more effective for it, Foreign Correspondent is an absolutely great piece of work.
This review of Foreign Correspondent (1940) was written by Josh M on 14 Feb 2010.
Foreign Correspondent has generally received very positive reviews.
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