4/5 It is a realistic movie
  by chfancier (Brookings SD)
Good acting and shows Christofer Reeves when he first was sick
ofcourse I hadf seen it before buying it
I felt the story ended too soon and could have showed more depth
chfancier

3/5 Pretty good TV movie - Better than most
  by Andy (New York)
I remember trying to watch this years ago (with the Hitchcock version firmly etched in my memory) and writing it off as a cheap, commercial television movie. Well, it certainly isn't the most lavish production but since seeing it (somewhat peripherally) on a cable movie channel recently, I have a new-found respect for it. Taken on its own, it has decent production values along with a heartfelt performance by Christopher Reeve. At times it seems like a true labor of love by those involved and winds up being an effective entertainment. Special kudos goes to composer David Shire for a very fine music score.

1/5 Don't mess with HItchcock
  by T (Bardstown, KY USA)
This stinks. Don't remake classic Hitchcock films. If you think this is bad just wait until The Birds is remade in 2009. Unless somebody stops it that is.

3/5 Outrageous remaking of a master piece
  by Jacques COULARDEAU (OLLIERGUES France)
The idea is great since it comes from a master mind of suspense. The main actor is also great because he plays his own role as a crippled victim of a dumb accident. But at the same time something is wrong in the extraordinary exhibitionism of these Americans who do not know what a blind is and who broadcast every single of their sighs to the whole neighborhood through open windows and paper thin walls. It makes the voyeur in this case practically justified since there is no other way but hear and see. But that's too easy. It takes a lot of the secrecy of this voyeuristic knowledge out of the story. The suspense itself is even in many ways reduced, crippled. From a dark and frightening film we shift in this remake to a plain action film with a cripple as the main character who is beautifully rendered by Christopher Reeve, but that is not enough to make a great film. This remake is not really improving, nor even getting close to the original.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine & University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne


5/5 rear window
  by Yadira Diaz (bronx, ny usa)
this is the movie that people should get christopher reeve performace is get.