A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
Having escaped the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust in Poland by the skin of his teeth, Mr. Polanski was well equipped psychologically to re-imagine what was, before Rosemary's Baby, a B-picture genre into an A-picture genre.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
29 Oct 2008
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Weird obstetricians, mysterious night noises and even Farrow's improvised stroll into actual oncoming traffic add up to a bustling nightmare that's spawned many a Black Swan since.
– Joshua Rothkopf,
Time Out New York,
30 Oct 2008
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One of the finest horror films ever made.
– Stephen Whitty,
Newark Star-Ledger,
30 Oct 2008
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Polanski worked with an elegant restraint that less talented filmmakers have been trying to mimic ever since.
– Mark Harris,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Feb 2009
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Rosemary's Baby is suffused with Polanski's style and preoccupations.