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- 1998
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 45 m
- 1998
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 45 m
Summary Intrigued by the notion of taking an intact, undeniable classic and seeing what would happen if it were made again - with a nearly identical shooting script - but with contemporary filmmaking techniques, Gus Van Sant recreates the motion picture Psycho. (Universal Studios)
Directed By: Gus Van Sant
Written By: Robert Bloch, Joseph Stefano
- 1998
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 45 m
- 1998
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 45 m
Psycho
47
7.6
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Summary Intrigued by the notion of taking an intact, undeniable classic and seeing what would happen if it were made again - with a nearly identical shooting script - but with contemporary filmmaking techniques, Gus Van Sant recreates the motion picture Psycho. (Universal Studios)
Directed By: Gus Van Sant
Written By: Robert Bloch, Joseph Stefano
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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35% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
48% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
17% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
47
35% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
48% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
17% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
The film is shot in color and includes an amped-up Danny Elfman version of Bernard Herrmann's haunting score.
It remains the most structurally elegant and sneakily playful of thrillers. At least some things never change.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 221 User Ratings
7.6
70% Positive
154 Ratings
154 Ratings
11% Mixed
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
19% Negative
43 Ratings
43 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 221 User Ratings
7.6
70% Positive
154 Ratings
154 Ratings
11% Mixed
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
19% Negative
43 Ratings
43 Ratings
I have not seen Alfred Hitchock's Psycho but i need see the remake . the new film describes every detail
of the original that is good the new generation of the film is the darkness of Vince Vaughn and the shower scene which was the best part . The remake was Absolutely the best one i scene and the psycho series was fun too .
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You know I just don't get all the hate this film gets. I mean I know the shot for shot thing feels a little redundant. But this is really a very different film. Gus Van Sant's disturbing, psycho sexual execution is very stylish and unique. Vince Vaughn's goofy, insecure but oddly seductive Norman Bates is a underrated treat. Anne Heche, Viggo Mortensen and especially Julianne Moore's feisty take on their characters are all solid. Although the original film is undoubtedly superior. This unique reimagining pays the ultimate tribute to the material while retaining a dark magic of its own.
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Cold, dull, lifeless. [5 December 1998, p.3]
As Norman Bates, Vince Vaughn makes us better appreciate how much Anthony Perkins brought to the original project. It's clear now that he owned the role and that he shares equally with Hitchcock the credit for making Psycho the memorable creep show it is -- and was.
The movie doesn't stink. The performances are good, potentially great, especially Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates.
The thrill of the original is seeing a black-and-white, one-foot-on-the-floor, no-sex-please Hays Code world suddenly explode into a slasher movie. Our loss of innocence has, simply, changed all the rules.
Van Sant's doomed and misguided experiment.
Psycho is not the most successful remake of the original. If Hitchcock's original film is still one of the best thrillers, its remake is second-rate. Not an excellent cast saves, not the transfer of the scene to modern times (at the time of the release of the film). The biggest mistake of the viewer can be watching Psycho 1998 before the original, this can create an erroneous opinion about the original and its influence on the thriller genre as a whole
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Vince Vaughn is so laughable it's his best comedy since "Swingers". This is a pointless remake that is below all other remakes, not only is it guilty of being a shot for shot copy of the Hitchcock classic taking no artistic chances with the material to steer in another direction whether or not it's good but i'd rather see that than the exact same movie the came out in the 60's and the directors reasoning for it just irritates me.
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A pointless remake of a movie that should have been left alone in the first place. I'd say It's biggest problem is Mr. Vince Vaughn, who I just can't see acting in a film like this.
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This film is a shot for shot remake and it's lazy, stupid, and dull.
I mean, I guess it's different. It's in color, it's not well acted, there's a bunch of overexposed shots, the very few new additions (like the sexual part of Norman) are awful, the film looks cheap.
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Production Company
Universal Pictures,
Imagine Entertainment
Release Date Dec 4, 1998
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating R
Tagline A recreation of the nightmare that started it all...
Awards
Razzie Awards
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 2 Nominations
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
