Rotten
Contains nothing to outrage or offend partisans of the original, yet neither does it stand to add much to their appreciation.
Godfrey Cheshire, Variety
Psycho
Check in. Relax. Take a shower.
1998 · 1h 44m · R
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Gus Van Sant
Overview
A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.
Director and cast
- Gus Van Sant Director
- Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates
- Anne Heche as Marion Crane
- Julianne Moore as Lila Crane
- Viggo Mortensen as Samuel 'Sam' Loomis
- William H. Macy as Milton Arbogast
- Robert Forster as Dr. Simon
- Philip Baker Hall as Sheriff Chambers
- Chad Everett as Tom Cassidy
- Rance Howard as Mr. Lowery
- Rita Wilson as Caroline
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
39%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Hitchcock probably wouldn't tell this story if he was making films today, and he certainly wouldn't tell it this way, with internal 'voices', back projection, minimal nudity and violence.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
Van Sant clearly knows that if it ain't broke, don't fix it, and his own smooth touch is neatly sympathetic with his predecessor's.
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon.com
Rotten
The movie is an invaluable experiment in the theory of cinema, because it demonstrates that a shot-by-shot remake is pointless; genius apparently resides between or beneath the shots, or in chemistry that cannot be timed or counted.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
The movie lacks the chutzpah to even be a travesty.
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
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