Matt Brunson Film Frenzy May 24, 2026 4/4

One of the most painfully acute explorations of obsession ever put on celluloid.

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Chris Klimek Washington City Paper Mar 7, 2026

Stewart had never before allowed himself to be so unlikable, Hitchcock had never exposed his own attitudes toward his leading ladies so openly, and Novak gave the performance of her career.

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Daniel Barnes Dare Daniel Oct 29, 2025 5/5

A film about doppelgängers that's a total doppel-banger. Alright, that's terrible, but what's left to say about Hitchcock's spellbinding masterpiece at this point?

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Gary Wolcott Tri-City Herald Apr 23, 2025 3.5/5

Vertigo drones on for two-thirds of the movie before Hitchcock switches gears and moves the film to the level it should have been all along.

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Chris Barsanti PopMatters Jan 8, 2025

Viewed by many at the time as a departure for Alfred Hitchcock, 'Vertigo' can be seen as a return to form ... redolent of spookier works like 'Rebecca' or 'Spellbound,' with a psychoanalytic frame instead of gothic romanticism.

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Joseph Tomastik Loud and Clear Reviews Oct 5, 2024 5/5

It may take a while to work up to its thriller elements, but it 100% earns its right to be called a thriller, and one of the best, most understated, and ingenious of all time at that.

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Tom Hutchinson Radio Times Sep 6, 2024 5/5

This remains one of the most painful depictions of romantic fatalism in all of cinema.

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Adam Kempenaar Filmspotting Feb 9, 2024 4.5/5

Once it switches over to us getting inside her head... I started seeing it more as Judy's story than Scottie's.

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Sebastian Zavala Kahn Me gusta el cine Apr 17, 2023 4.5/5

It's a product of its time (especially when it comes to the treatment of the female characters), and it's not trying to be just a thriller. Rather, it is a story about a doomed romance that turns into a dangerous obsession. Full review in Spanish.

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Wesley Lovell Cinema Sight Nov 26, 2022 4/4

Vertigo is a film with numerous layers that can be discussed in depth and at length. That’s not to say it isn’t also an enjoyable film. Hitchcock knew how to make them. That’s why his films are generally beloved by critics and audiences alike.

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Olly Richards Sunday Times (UK) Sep 13, 2022

It is a story of obsession and control...

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Dennis Harvey 48 Hills Sep 7, 2022

Those eccentricities have since become accepted, defended, and loved...

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Dilys Powell Sunday Times (UK) Aug 9, 2022

The plot is a brilliant box of devilish tricks. And yet the film disappoints. It seems too long, too elaborately designed; the narration of this kind of criminal intrigue sags under such luscious treatment; it needs the touch of the harsh and the squalid.

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Jack Moffitt The Hollywood Reporter May 13, 2022

Alfred Hitchcock tops his own fabulous record for suspense with Vertigo, a super-tale of murder, madness and mysticism that stars James Stewart and Kim Novak.

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P.S. Harrison Harrison's Reports Mar 24, 2022

This latest Alfred Hitchcock "thrillorama" offers further evidence of his mastery in mystery and suspense, for, despite its flaws, it grips one's attention from start to finish.

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Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Mar 21, 2022 4/4

A motion picture of incomparable dramatic involvement and hypnotic filmmaking.

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Kevin Carr Fat Guys at the Movies Sep 10, 2021 3/4

It's probably the most impeccably put together Hitchcock movie... but ultimately it's men trying to control women, and that doesn't ring very well right now.

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Sarah Brinks Battleship Pretension Mar 24, 2021

Jimmy Stewart is an actor who always delivers, especially in the films he did with Hitchcock. Scottie isn't my favorite character he played but it really is a wonderful performance.

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Scott Nye Battleship Pretension Dec 8, 2020

Hitchcock is often spoken about regarding his "perfectionism," this way every shot is carefully arranged and the edits hit like a knife. That's no less true here...

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Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Aug 23, 2020 10/10

One of Hitchcock's finest achievements, layering drama, a love story, adventure, and hair-raising suspense into a psychological murder-mystery that simply has no peers.

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