The mother is also memorable and of course Charlie’s love interest is quite likable and the two are wonderful together. I liked her bookworm sister, quite funny at times. I loved the final scene in the movie as it showcases how despite everything some people just cannot stop loving their relatives and I really liked the ultimately positive look on life that was present in that final line.Īs for the other characters, they are solid, but overly abundant. She was a bit too naive and good-natured, but that perfectly clashed with her uncle’s personality and all of the scenes between the two are terrific. I liked his character quite a bit and I honestly liked Charlie too. This idyllic little town seems great at first, but then we witness how seedy some of its parts are and of course we realize that the man who seemed wonderful and kind at first is actually a cold, calculated killer. The movie is incredibly dark and that is why it is probably the only noir film from Hitchcock, a sort of noir as it has some of those elements for sure. I just knew everything that would happen as the story is predictable and you know from the start that he is the criminal.īut still that aspect of the darkness lurking beneath the light is quite fascinating here. The same goes for some of its execution, mostly the first half. This plot is quite standard and there is nothing truly original here. It is about a teenage girl who learns that her uncle who has just come to visit their family is actually a murderer. He said people like us had no idea what the world was really like “ “ He thought the world was a horrible place. It is such a flawed, yet respectable movie. Shadow of a Doubt is a 1943 psychological thriller noir film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten.
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