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www.filmcritic.com - : Hitchcock treats the film with such a ham fist that it comes off as nearly laughable, a clear precursor of the kind of docudramas they made in the 1970s and which have become the staple of the True Stories network. The Wrong Man isn't that bad -- it's got two great actors in it, after all -- but it's barely a memorable experience. In Hitchcock's litany, it ranks as one of the most forgettable works from his mature era. more...
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2.5/
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efilmcritic.com - : Is this Hitchcock's best movie? No, probably not even in the top fifty percent (insert caveat about below-average Hitchcock compared to just about anybody else at the top of their game here). It's not much of a suspense picture, but it does a fine job of getting its point across. more...
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4/5
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online.tvguide.com - : Having become accustomed to the lighter, more commercial tone of such films as TO CATCH A THIEF, the public was taken aback when they viewed the unexpectedly bleak, hopeless, Kafka-esque style of THE WRONG MAN. Basing the film on incidents occurring to a real-life Queens bass player, Hitchcock takes us to the actual locations with the intent of representing the case in all its authenticity. Hitchcock spares us nothing in procedural terms. The questioning of the suspect, for example, is done in necessary tedium, wearing down the audience as much as Fonda's character. more...
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5/5
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