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North By Northwest (1959)

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Critics Reviews Average Grade:   A
Source Brief Review Grade*
Apollo Guide
Brian Webster
"...one of the all-time greats and one of those rare films you can watch over and over again without getting bored." more... B+
BBC
Almar Haflidason
"...a thriller so improbable that it becomes quite brilliant in evading even the most fantastic of audience guesses." more... A  
CinemaScreen
James Salter
"It works so well because it does not rely on sex and violence, but on a fantastic suspenseful story coupled with three-dimensional, involving characters." more... A  
filmcritic.com
David Bezanson
"...the prototype of the action movie..." more... A  
Q Network
James Kendrick
"...one of Hitchcock's most masterfully sublime films." more... A  
Reel.com "Sophisticated, sexy, suspenseful, and stylish..." more... A  
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
"Of Hitchcock's three great thrillers, North by Northwest has the most playful tone, due in large part to Grant's participation." more... A-
* Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)
 
 


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