Review by elo-equipamentos

Seriously Spellbound was one the most unusual picture from Hitch, despite it was one of his favorite one, the picture is a thematic production, first to approach this forgotten matter as never seem before, it's probable is the upmost relevance, due during the war 20% of the soldiers were affected by nervous collapse.

The scrip has a nerve to expose and also dive in the labyrinth of sick mind to recover what event triggered de breakdown, however the implausible plot somewhat ruins what might be a powerful feature, just a shaper look will recognize such flaw, further it's unthinkable a man mentally disable replaces a notorious psychiatrist in the clinic, it was no place whatsoever, also when Dr. Constance (Bergman) got cure Ballantyne (Gregory Peck) in a couple months is a blatant fails, this intricate case would take so long on regular psychoanalysis, sometimes years.

David O. Selznick and Hitchcock invited the surrealist painting Salvador Dali aiming to increase the movie reputation on dream's sequence, however Dali made a so gloomy and overlong sequence that Selznick had intervene to cut halfway through, it clearly disappointed Dali, nonetheless accepts the middle ground, visually Hitchcock made ones finest picture mixing many elements as the all door open early sequence that suggestion going to the mind, another highlight was when Peck drinks the cup of milk, what a creative scene, sadly something is missing in the picture, it doesn't enthuse me as other Hitch's pictures.

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First watch: 2022 / How many: 1 / Source: Blu-Ray / Rating: 7.5.