MOVIE REVIEW

Vertigo / 1958

Alfred Hitchcock engulfs you in a whirlpool of terror and tension!

8.1 / 10 (6,291 votes)

128 minutes

DIRECTOR Alfred Hitchcock

WRITERS Alec Coppel, Samuel A. Taylor

CAST James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones, Raymond Bailey, Ellen Corby, Konstantin Shayne, Lee Patrick, Bess Flowers, Alfred Hitchcock, David Ahdar, Sara Taft, Ezelle Poule, John Benson

PRODUCTION Paramount Pictures, Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions

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REVIEW & SYNOPSIS

Sinopsis

Vertigo adalah sebuah Mystery, Romance, Thriller yang dirilis pada tahun 1958. “Alfred Hitchcock engulfs you in a whirlpool of terror and tension!” Film ini disutradarai oleh Alfred Hitchcock dan dibintangi oleh James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones.

Vertigo menghadirkan cerita yang mendalam tentang perjuangan, konflik, dan resolusi yang memukau. Dengan alur yang terstruktur dengan baik, film ini berhasil membawa penonton dalam pengalaman sinematik yang tak terlupakan.

Dari segi teknis, Vertigo menawarkan sinematografi yang memanjakan mata, tata suara yang imersif, serta akting yang meyakinkan dari para pemerannya.

Secara keseluruhan, Vertigo adalah Mystery yang layak masuk dalam daftar tontonan Anda. Film ini tidak hanya menghibur tetapi juga memberikan pesan moral yang mendalam.

Last Updated: April 28, 2026

COMMUNITY REVIEWS FROM TMDB

Eky

June 16, 2012

All I know, this film wasn’t so successful at first and this probably because the audience didn’t expect a film so dark and claustrophobic. Vertigo was so strange already from the beginning because of its surreal and nightmarish atmosphere. I bow to Hitchcock in his creativity in visualizing Jimmy Stewart’s acrophobia by implementing one of the oldest cinematography techniques, using zoom lens as it zooms in while the object moves away, emphasizing his terrified feeling and insecurity whenever he’s at a particular height due to a chronic vertigo he suffers. As always, the film director’s cameo appearance has always been...

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tmdb47633491 4/10

April 7, 2018

I will never understand the universal adoration for Vertigo. Blindly inherited wisdom is the only explanation. How anyone could prefer this to North by Northwest or Rear Window is beyond me. An exceptionally made, exceptionally boring movie

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barrymost 8/10

March 30, 2020

A tense, dizzying thriller from the Master. Plot in a nutshell: A retired detective suffering from acrophobia takes the case of an old college chum's wife, who may be possessed by the spirit of her great-grandmother who committed suicide many years previous. But of course, a much darker, and more down-to-earth, secret lies beneath the surface. Comments: James Stewart is the perfect anti-hero in this: clever and brave, but also disturbed, unhinged, and at times possessive. He does a stellar job with a difficult role. In the supporting role of Stewart's faithful friend "Midge" is Barbara Bel Geddes, and she...

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JPV852 8/10

September 5, 2020

Not one of my favorites from Hitchcock, and certainly dower, but still visually striking and two amazing performances from James Stewart and Kim Novak. This is only the second time seeing this, guessing the last time was maybe 10 years ago or so, not entirely sure when I'll revisit it. **3.75/5**

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