Fresh
Eastwood displays a vigorous talent for sequences of violence and tension. He has obviously seen Psycho and Repulsion more than once, but those are excellent texts and he has learned his lessons passing well.
Jay Cocks, TIME Magazine
Play Misty for Me
The scream you hear may be your own!
1971 · 1h 42m · R
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Clint Eastwood
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Play Misty for Me
Overview
A brief fling between a late-night radio disc jockey and an obsessed female fan takes a frightening turn when another woman enters the picture.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
84%
Tomatometer
Fresh
For that 80% of the film which constitutes the story, the structure and dialog create a mood of nervous terror which the other 20% nearly blows away.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Clint Eastwood wisely chose a strong, simple thriller for his first film as a director, and the project is remarkable in its self-effacing dedication to getting the craft right.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
A highly enjoyable thriller.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Fresh
There is no purpose to a suspense thriller, I suppose, except to involve us, scare us, to give us moments of vicarious terror. Play Misty for Me does that with an almost cruel efficiency.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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