When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
Nominated for 4 Oscars. 7 wins & 14 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 masterpiece blends a brutal manipulation of audience identification and an incredibly dense, allusive visual style to create the most morally unsettling film ever made.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
19 Sep 2007
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An unusual, good entertainment, indelibly Hitchcock, and on the right kind of boxoffice beam.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
7 Oct 2008
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It blazed a bloody trail for the much-loved slasher cycle, but it also assured us that a B-movie could be A-grade in quality and innovation.
– David Jenkins,
Time Out,
1 Apr 2010
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The best that can be said is there are bats in the belfry and a well-preserved corpse in the basement. What else can one do but scream?
– Keith Uhlich,
Time Out New York,
27 Oct 2010
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Hitchcock is the most-daring avant-garde film-maker in America today.