A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
Vertigo has generally received very positive reviews.
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Review of Vertigo (1958)
By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000
Review of Vertigo (1958)
Review of Vertigo (1958)
By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 25 May 1973
Review of Vertigo (1958)
By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Antagony & Ecstasy (1,911) on 25 Apr 2015
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Review of Vertigo (1958)
By Michael T (3,420) on 21 Jul 2012
Review of Vertigo (1958)
Review of Vertigo (1958)
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Vertigo was released in 1958 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 888 reviews, giving Vertigo (1958) an average rating of 88%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 95%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 89%.
With a score of 88%, Vertigo is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1958, which stands at 60%.
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