Marnie Details

Sean Connery at his sexiest

This is a tense, exciting and very involving thriller which tells the story of Marnie, played by Tippi Hendren (Melanie Griffiths' mother)- a mysterious young woman with phobias about men and the colour red, and all sorts of other issues which Mark Rutland (played by the very sexy young Sean Connery) is deterimined to unravel the reasons behind. From the intriguing beginning to the shocking climax, this Alfred Hitchcock classic will keep you transfixed.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Mediocrity from Hitchcock

Marnie, through the entire 130 minutes fails to progress beyond mediocrity. Even bearing in mind that the film was directed in the early 60's one would expect better from the Hitchcock stable. Some of the films blatant loopholes include Marnie's selective fear of the red - she is only afraid when the director wants her to be afraid [for the one's with watchful eyes, she is never once scared to enter her mother's house or her mother's neighbourhood which are both adequately covered with red brick walls]. The film also purports to sympathise with Sean Connery's blackmail of Marnie, coerced marriage and marital rape. The special effects are largely unconvincing.

Probably worth a watch, but it definitely won't keep you glued to the edge of your seat.