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Alfred Hitchcock's final film Family Plot is understated comic fun that mixes suspense with deft humour, thanks to a solid cast. The plot centres on the kidnapping of an heir and a diamond theft by a pair of bad guys led by Karen Black and William Devane. The cops seem befuddled, but that doesn't stop a questionable psychic (Barbara Harris) and her not overly bright boyfriend (Bruce Dern, in a rare good-guy role) from picking up the trail and actually solving the crime. Did she do it with actual psychic powers? That's part of the fun of Harris's enjoyably ditsy performance. --Marshall Fine
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
excellent as usual,
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This review is from: Family Plot [DVD] (DVD)
This is not a film I had heard much about, it not being one of the 'classic' Hitchcock movies. It is, in fact, the last movie made by Hitchcock and because of this, benefits from several decades of knowledge and experience. The plot, which is intricate to say the least, revolves around two sets of characters whose lives are inextricably intwined, although they don't realise it until near the end.The film is cleverly structured and beautifully acted by all the main characters. The direction is of course wonderful, with the aerial graveyard scene getting my vote as the best scene of the movie. The DVD comes with the original trailers for the film and an interesting documentary which, unlike some of the so called documentaries in these films, actually tells you something you might like to know, rather than just playing back parts of the film you have just watched! Excellent!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Hitchcock.,
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This review is from: Family Plot [DVD] (DVD)
An excellent movie with all the brilliance of Hitchcock, despite his failing health at the time. The only thing I would say is its a pity he didn't hire better known actors, according to the documentry on the disc he wanted Al Pachino, but didn't want to pay his fee. That said the acting's fine and its still a great movie.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
"Isn't it touching that a perfect murder has kept our friendship alive for all these years?",
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Frenzy is largely considered to be the last "great" Hitchcock film (no doubt helped by the fact that the three that preceded it were largely dull affairs) and as such his final directorial effort Family Plot seems to get forgotten.
And whilst it is by no means a classic it is a relatively high note on which the great director could end his career. Although it is ostensibly a thriller, it more akin to a screwball comedy which has great fun in playing it's audience right from the start. Particularly funny is the big car chase along some cliffs where the road is jam-packed with traffic only to become completely empty as soon as the chase stops. There are also some great performances; Barbara Harris is fun as Blanche Tyler, William Devane has a perverse charm in his role as Arthur Adamson and Bruce Dern supplies some very funny scenes too. There is perhaps some truth to the arguement that "bigger" names might have made more of the film (Jack Nicholson was one such name that Hitchcock deemed "too expensive") but for me a raft of "big name" actors would have perhaps spoiled the light-heartedness of the movie and if anything lets Hitch have one last wink at his audience (much like Barbara Harris gives us at the end of the movie) and reinforce the fact that for the most part in his career, Hitch was the true star of his movies.
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