Marnie is a beautiful but emotionally withdrawn thief, stealing from employers before disappearing under new identities. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, discovers her secret, his fascination turns to obsession, and he blackmails her into marriage, convinced he can cure her. But as he probes deeper into Marnie’s fractured mind, long-buried fears and compulsions begin to surface.
Universally despised on its first release, Marnie remains one of Alfred Hitchcock's greatest and darkest achievements.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
20 Mar 2012
rotten:
Marnie is the character study of a thief and a liar, but what makes her tick remains clouded even after a climax reckoned to be shocking but somewhat missing its point.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
12 Sep 2008
fresh:
It's still thrilling to watch, lush, cool and oddly moving.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
Considered a misfire at the time, it now looks like late-period Hitchcock at his most Hitchcockian.
– Keith Phipps,
AV Club,
30 Oct 2001
rotten:
At once a fascinating study of a sexual relationship and the master's most disappointing film in years.