Review of The Manchurian Candidate (1962) by Chris W — 20 Aug 2008

As highly regarded as this film is, I gotta say, it's pretty overrated. Either that, or I just don't know what I'm talking about. I wanted to really like this more than I did. It's a tad overlong, unevenly paced, and a bit boring at times (poor execution here and there).

Maybe I'm nitpicking, maybe I'm not, but I really had a hard time getting into this. The performances are really good though (but I think Janet's Leigh's role was pointless). I really liked the concept and story, but as I said, it was hard for me to find really engaging.

I will say this though, Angela Lansbury was a real surprise. She's a great villain, and the incest angle adds some real balls.