Breakinger A Brilliant Conflict

Melanie Bouvet The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Catherina If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

JohnHowardReid In his excellent study of Ingrid Bergman for the Pyramid Illustrated History of the Movies series, Curtis F. Brown tells exactly what is wrong with Spellbound: "In addition to Gregory Peck's callow appearance and wooden acting, the film has other serious faults. One is its pretentious and simplistic 'dream sequence. Another is the dialogue." Most of the picture is thrown Bergman's way and she is such an accomplished actress and lights up the screen with such a charismatic inner radiance that it doesn't really matter what she says. The logical, pragmatic side of our brain is only half-listening. And as for Peck, for once his very shallowness and lack of presence is ideally suited for the part he is called upon to play. The support cast, led by Leo G. Carroll, is also sufficiently professional to either smooth out or neatly contrast the gauche acting of the amateurish Peck. Though why Michael Chekhov was honored with a Supporting Actor nomination is beyond me. Competent enough he certainly is, but he is among the least interesting of the supporting line-up. Other names that spring to mind well before Chekhov' are John Emery, Rhonda Fleming, Norman Lloyd and Wallace Ford. The Criterion DVD can be thoroughly recommended.

grantss Dr. Constance Petersen (Ingrid Bergman) is a psychiatrist at Green Manors mental asylum. The head of Green Manors has just been replaced, with his replacement being the renowned Dr. Anthony Edwardes (Gregory Peck). Romance blossoms between Dr. Petersen and Dr. Edwards but Dr. Edwards starts to show odd aversions and personality traits. It is discovered that he is an impostor, and amnesiac, and may have killed the real Dr. Edwardes. Dr. Petersen is determined to discover the truth through unlocking the secrets held in the impostor's mind, a process which potentially puts her and others' lives at risk.Superb psychological drama, and a movie that could only have been directed by one man, Alfred Hitchcock. Clever, tense plot that gives out information in a trickle, making it all the more intriguing and unpredictable. The psychological aspect seems well researched and accurate (though I'm no student of psychology), making it all the more realistic and convincing.Great work by Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck in the lead roles. The chemistry between them is wonderful and Bergman is mesmerisingly, can't-take-your-eyes-off-the-screen beautiful. This was only Peck's fourth movie (though he already had an Oscar nomination behind his name, thanks to his second film, The Keys Of The Kingdom).Adding to this is the work of Michael Chekhov who gives a fantastic performance as Dr. Brulov. Blunt, funny and the perfect complement to the seriousness of Bergman and Peck. Chekhov received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his performance.

philthegreatone-786-63058 This is yet another classic Hitchcock film. Ingrid Bergman plays a pyschoanaylist. She discovers that a new doctor, played by Gregory Peck is an imposter with amensia. She tries to cure him of the illness. The music is this film is classic. The twists and turns of the plot are classic Hitchcock. Ingrid Bergman was so magnetic on screen. So beautiful and believable. Gregory Peck is also great as the amensia patient. You can really believe that he cant remember who he is. Hitchcock directs the film in such a suspenseful manner, you really get into the plot. More so than if it were some other director. When i first started watching this film it was a bit slow. As it went on i really got into it. That is testament to Hitchcock's genius as a filmmaker. This is one of his very best films. A must see for any Hitchcock fan.

Dalbert Pringle Well, I'll tell you one thing for certain - Alfred Hitchcock's "Spellbound" definitely didn't hold me spellbound. Far from it. In fact, a number of times throughout the story I actually burst out laughing at how corny, clichéd, and, yes, cockeyed this particular romance was.I guess back in 1945 (with WW2 ending, and everything) they must have figured that no matter how implausible and dumb "Spellbound's" story really was, it couldn't fail to be a success since it starred 2 of Hollywood's most beautiful and adored actors-of-the-day, Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck (both in their prime at 30).And, of course, Spellbound was, indeed, a huge hit when it was first released.For me, though - About the only thing worth watching Spellbound for was its brief dream sequence which was conceived by surrealist artist, Salvador Dali.Unfortunately, this particular episode in the film was cut from its original 20 minutes to only 2 minutes by the film's producer, David Selznick, who, apparently, clashed with Hitchcock often over the direction of this production.