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78/52
Directed by Alexandre O.Philippe · starring Guillermo del Toro, Alfred Hitchcock and Elijah Wood
- 4 from the press
- 3.8 · 2 votes
78/52: reviews
Reviews
3.8 2 votes
What the critics say average 7.2 from 4 outlets
- 8.0 VarietyOwen Gleiberman
For a long time now, Alfred Hitchcock?s 'Psycho' has been two movies, and the hypnotic film-geek documentary 78/52 is an ingenious and irreverent master class in both of them.
Read - 8.0 New York TimesBen Kenigsberg
Even moviegoers who know 'Psycho' backward and forward...are bound to learn something new from the movie, which addresses the shower scene from critical, historical, theoretical and technical angles, down to the blinding white of the bathroom tiles.
Read - 6.7 The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd
The film picks up when it gets down to shot-by-shot analysis, allowing editors and other interviewees to break down one of the most famous sequences in movie history
Read - 6.0 The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthy
A resourceful, if rather hyperbolic documentary that devotes 90 minutes to analyzing one of the most famous scenes in film history
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Questions about the reviews of 78/52
- What score does 78/52 have?
- Readers give it 3.8 (2 votes). The critics, 7.2 on average from 4 reviews.
- What do the critics say about 78/52?
- The highest score is Variety’s (8.0) and the lowest The Hollywood Reporter’s (6.0).