94
Metascore
15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago ReaderDave KehrChicago ReaderDave KehrHitchcock's discovery of darkness within the heart of small-town America remains one of his most harrowing films, a peek behind the facade of security that reveals loneliness, despair, and death.
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertNo one would ever accuse Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt of being plausible, but it is framed so distinctively in the Hitchcock style that it plays firmly and never breaks out of the story.
- 100The New York TimesBosley CrowtherThe New York TimesBosley CrowtherYou've got to hand it to Alfred Hitchcock: when he sows the fearful seeds of mistrust in one of his motion pictures he can raise more goose pimples to the square inch of a customer's flesh than any other director of thrillers in Hollywood.
- 100Slant MagazineSlant MagazineHitch’s habit of taking us to the edge of the abyss and then returning us with a wink, so often resulting in unconvincing happy endings, here seals one of his most pitiless visions of a monstrous cosmos admitted only to be denied.
- 100TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThe sly Hitchcock made this chiller all the more frightening by having his crafty homicidal maniac intrude into the tranquility of a warm, middle-class family living in a small town, deeply developing his characters and drawing from the soft-spoken Joseph Cotten one of the actor's most remarkable and fascinating performances.
- 90The DissolveKeith PhippsThe DissolveKeith PhippsHitchcock is fully Hitchcock here, plunging deeply into his characters’ psyches, and remaining in full control of every cinematic effect.
- 80Time OutTime OutFunny, gripping, and expertly shot by Joe Valentine, it's a small but memorable gem.
- 80EmpireEmma CochraneEmpireEmma CochraneCertainly one of Hitchcocks most satisfying thrillers, mostly thanks to Wright and Cottens believable relationship.