Review of Frenzy (2015) by Itamar K — 14 Feb 2009

Hitchcock was way past his prime on Frenzy. Mind you - he's still on top of his game, creating suspense like nobody else could and crafting shot after brilliant shot, and he still entertains, but in fact he reuses tricks of editing and pacing that he did many times before, to lesser effect.

The script is partly to blame, yes, but Hitchcock worked in the past with messy scripts, and made classics out of them with styling and atmosphere - not so here. The mediocre actors don't help either.

Worth a watch for completists, but definitely not a classic in my book.