Rope

1948 Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.

James Stewart John Dall Farley Granger Constance Collier Douglas Dick Edith Evanson Dick Hogan Joan Chandler Cedric Hardwicke

Alternative Titles

Festim Diabólico, 绳索, La corde, Ο Βρόχος, Nodo alla gola, Alfred Hitchcock's Rope

thriller crime

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Review by brat pitt ★★★★ 6

what’s up with dudes who went to harvard and accusing their friends of chicken cruelty
Review by CinemaClown ★★★★★ 18

One of the most innovative films of its time, Alfred Hitchcock's Rope introduces a number of filmmaking experiments which, even today, remain widely unexplored in the world of cinema. It is an immensely captivating tale of two men who strangle one of their acquaintances, hide his body in their apartment, and then throw a party to determine the perfection of their crime.
Filmed in a manner that gives the illusion of being shot in a single take, the biggest strength of this film is how effortlessly it manages to engage the viewers in its expertly crafted plot & sustain the tension throughout its runtime even when the audience is aware of how the movie will end. The direction by Hitchcock is…
Review by Aaron Michael ★★★★ 6

This is so gay. I mean, this is SO gay. Maybe you think you know how gay this is. Maybe you thought, "Oh, this is a lil gay" or "Oh, I'm sensing some undertones of homo-eroticism." Except you were wrong because Rope is perhaps the gayest movie in the history of gay movies and I loved every single second of it.
Oh yeah, good long takes, too.
Review by Those Eyebrows ★★★★ 1

We only ever see the "S" on that huge blinking neon sign outside but I'm pretty sure the rest of it reads "-U-B-T-E-X-T."
Review by Chris 🦠 ★★★★½

imagine being phillip and you just want to have a nice gay vacation in the country with your boyfriend but he turns out to be a homicidal maniac
Review by Two Cineasts ★★★★½

A "BIRDMAN" LIKE CINEMATOGRAPHY WITH THE IDEA OF "THE PURGE"

Hi everybody, first I want to sent a decoration of love to the master himself, Hitchcock. With every film I watch more of his repertoire I'm a bigger fan. In the meanwhile he rised up to be favorite director really close above Sergio Leone, Denis Villineuve and Christopher Nolan. Like we wrote in our previous reviews "Torn Curtain" and "The Trouble with Harry", Hitchcock is so versatile, and had used that to create groundbraking films, technical and storywise. Yeah sure similar films like this and others are existing today, but Hitchcock had laid the foundation, decades ago, often as the first one. Hitchcock is for me a visionary in the…

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Review by GianlucaD ★★★★★

Omg this film is fantastic why are ppl not talking about it!
Review by Ricardo ★★★

On one hand, Alfred Hitchcock's experiment has not aged a day concerning the artistic merits, on the other hand it is full of poorly thought-out style choices that don't even seem to belong to a meticulous film by him.
I love the character of James Stewart in this film. His teacher figure is gray and remorseful. Interacts on some very personal level with me. I don't know which one. Probably my favorite interpretation from him.
Review by gloria ★★★★

justice for janet and philip!
Review by Lorcan Moullier

A perfect exercise in Hitchcock’s ‘bomb-under-the-table’ philosophy of tension building. Starts of a bit slow, but gradually I felt more and more gripped as the narrative developed. I loved the costume design and I honestly hope to have as much sauce as James Stewart when I’m older.
The scene at the piano about 40 minutes in is absolutely brilliant. The speed of the metronome increases as Stewart pressurises the nervous accomplice, who’s piano playing becomes faster and louder in response. Just a great use of sound to build tension.
Review by myrto ★★★★½

Bruh
Review by dylansanroman ★★★½

Hitchock always argued suspense over surprise. Pulling the rug out from somebody is only fun if they chose to step on it in the first place.
Rope embodies Hitchcock's obsession with suspense. A movie not about the reveal of a murderer, but the reveal of the murder itself. When will the body enter the picture? How will the reveal take place? These questions eat at us as we watch the tautest of screenplays lead us down discussions of genetic superiority and the grandiosity of a murder.
However, the suspense of Rope, that suspense that Hitchcock loves so much, feels a fair bit manufactured throughout this movie. With any amount of critical thought, we know the murder will only come after…
Review by Creeper3455 ★★★★

Killing for the sake of Danger and for the sake of Killing, right guys?
Tension amidst tensions and parties.
Review by drewpweiner ★½

Worst Hitchcock I ever seen.
Review by reneeleigh66 ★★★★

This movie is and always will be a classic through my eyes.
It is said that Hitchcock wanted this film to be layed out like a theatre performance of which he captured perfectly.
If this were to be remade at any point, it would not overthrow the genius that is Alfred Hitchcock.

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