Review of Rebecca (1940) by Keith Phipps for The A.V. Club — 01 Jan 1962
Shot like a horror film and featuring Olivier as one of the least sympathetic heroes in the Hitchcock canon, Rebecca's smart extrapolation on themes inherited from gothic thrillers and Brontë novels allows the director to begin with a suspenseful romance that barely keeps its subtext under the surface, and smuggle in a story of one woman's immersion into the sexual expectations of her era.
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This review of Rebecca (1940) was written by Keith Phipps and published by The A.V. Club on 01 Jan 1962.
Rebecca has generally received very positive reviews.
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