Very best movie i ever watch

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Blistering performances.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

This is Hitchcock at his best. Once I start watching this I can't stop and that's after a dozen viewings. Anyone who wants to know what's special about Hitchcock only needs to watch the "shoe," scene with it's silent, real time action, so far ahead of it's time and electrifying in its suspense.The acting from the entire cast was flawless. Tippi Hedren was still very young and new to acting, but perfect for this role, a more experienced actress might have tried to bring too much to what should be a rather stiff character. Laura Latham as Marnie's mother gave a stunning, raw performance. Sean Connery, without the self-importance of his Bond character was more charming, attractive and believable than I've ever seen him in any role. This is a unique, fascinating film.

the labyrinth of the plot. and the strange, cold chemistry between Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery. the pillars of a great work of Hitchcock looking to not exactly give a masterpiece but a fascinating puzzle who use sexuality and psychoanalysis for build a powerful confrontation between two characters in same measure week. a film who reminds more its director art than it could be an example of this because it seems change entire story in each scene. the truth about Marnie is suspected by the viewer. and only the right manner to formulate it is unknown. and this is the clue of the film. to be a film about its public. and about the demons who impose the assume for each viewer of the role who defines him.

Sad but true, the master had lost his touch with MARNIE. And that sentiment comes from a Hitchcock fan.MARNIE doesn't even try hard to delve into pure cinema (with neurosis as its MacGuffin); the director simply "phoned it in." Hitchcock's call included directions for mixing the following ingredients: Mysterious blonde? Tippi. Charming leading man? Connery. Plot? Boy meets girl; boy loses girl to mental dysfunction; boy finds girl via amateur psychiatry. Cinema stuff: Make the screen awash in red to signify alarm. Move the lens in and out to highlight an object, e.g., money, to give the viewer a dizzying thrill (which proved more annoying than anything). For suspense, follow Marnie stealthily walking away from an unsuspecting washerwoman with one of her shoes inching its way out of her pocket.No, Alfred gets an F for this one. He'd become the directorial shadow of himself, ironically, having foretold that eventuality with his hallmark profile that opened of his TV series. MARNIE is blarney.

Sean Connery who plays Mark Rutland is a successful businessman whose bloodstock is from a very wealthy family and whose father lives on a vast estate with a stable of exquisite riding horses becomes smitten with an attractive woman named Marnie Edgar played by actress Tippi Hendren. Marnie has numerous aliases and a knack for stealing from her (new) employers then quickly changes aliases and hair colors and moves on to the next city to commence her next plot to steal from her new employer.Sir Thomas Sean Connery was 34 years old when he starred in Marnie so he definitely was in the prime of his virile actors life having just completed the first two of a long line of the legendary James Bond films that would greatly add to his stardom but not solely define him as a lead actor. Sean Connery is an amazing actor who stands tall right up there with the likes of great overseas actors such as Sir Anthony Hopkins and Sir Michael Caine. A lesser actor such as Adam West who is known mainly for his role as televisions campy but loving Batman role, or Lorne Greene for his lengthy TV role in Bonanza as Pa Cartwright became typecast and subsequently found it difficult to acquire lead roles in other film genres than the single role that they played for years for a grateful audience.I make this comparison of prolific film/TV characters because there are few roles that when you state a film characters stage name such as "James Bond" the first name that comes to peoples tongues invariably is Sean Connery. Being the versatile and larger than life actor that he is Sean Connery crossed most film genres and assisted his film producers in always seemingly grossing higher than expected box office gates due to his starring in their films. Marnie is no exception. If not for Sean Connery's strong portrayal of a very handsome, wealthy and successful businessman he somehow falls in love with a very troubled Marnie whose past is a big question mark, and her inability to show any affection to the virile Mark Rutland must have had every female in the audience saying "what the heck is wrong with Marnie?" Throughout the film the battle between Marnie the thief and psychologically troubled woman, and Jack who still agrees to hire her knowing that she is a thief, challenges each other to resolve their issues. Jack because he most likely loves this troubled woman but also because he wants to understand why she is a thief and a liar, and Marnie who continually resists Jack's offer of assistance and sexual advances. Hitchcock must have pushed both actors hard to get out of them their superb performances that we the audience benefit from. I was most impressed with the films ending where many of the unknown issues that have affected Marnie throughout her young life are drawn to the surface and although Marnie most likely has some challenges ahead of her she has gratefully now accepted Jack's assistance and we can see there is light that this relationship between the strong and aggressive Jack and the troubled Marnie with mother issues will grow fruitfully. It is too bad that Hitchcock did not follow up with a sequel to Marnie to see how Marnie and Jack's relationship evolved over the subsequent years, but great actors such as Sean Connery already had one film role, namely James Bond, that continued over decades so maybe he chose not to renew his role as Mark Rutland.Hitchcok's (1964) Marnie is a classic film that may be be considered just a bit too deep a plot and too slow moving for the CGI starved action oriented James Bond audience of today, but I for one love these classic Hitchcock films that will certainly endure for many, many years to come. I give the film an 8 out of 10 rating and it is well worth an evenings entertainment so sit back and enjoy Marnie.