Family Plot

alfred hitchcock ending his career with a literal wink into the camera feels appropriate.

Josh Lewis

Alfred Hitchcock goes out with the last laugh - to a joke that, more or less, only he would find funny. Perhaps, himself — and his wife, Alma.  “Family Plot,” about a fake psychic that crosses paths with real serial killers, is an old man’s afternoon daydream of parlor…

theriverjordan

Action! - The Master & The Fan: Hitchcock's Bumping Road To Mastering Suspense And with this intricate crime drama laced with cheeky humour, we bring our Master of Suspense marathon to a close, although I have a film and Hitchcock adjacent later today as you can see on…

Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine

Hitchcock's swansong is a film out of time. There's a quaint charm to it but quaint charm isn't what I typically look for in a thriller from the mid 70s - this is the same year in which Scorsese gave us a blistering deconstruction of masculinity and contemporary society…

WraithApe

Alfred Hitchcock's final film is this is this little mystery thriller. Sure its not up there with the films at the top of great director's filmography, but it's a good fun time in its own right. Family Plot focuses on a pair of intersecting scams, as a fake psychic and her…

Slig001

From the legendary director of Rebecca, Shadow of a Doubt, Rope, Strangers on a Train, Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho & The Birds comes the final feature film of his great & glorious career. And though it is no match to any of the…

cinemasauron

Hitchcock’s last film 'Family Plot' may not be amongst his best films, but despite some flaws, it is still entertaining and well worth watching. Loved the wink!‘Isn’t it touching how a perfect murder has kept our friendship alive all these years?’

José

Alfred Hitchcock is a guy who I wish could of have lived forever. In 1976 we got the last film of his esteemed career, Family Plot, but I'd have loved to have seen what he could have come up with with as much as filmmaking has advanced since then. Familiar themes grace…

Xeremy Hall 🟠🟢🔵

Family Plot is exactly the kind of twisty, convoluted, humorous caper the Coens would later excel at, but in the Master’s hands, it’s surprisingly talky and static. You can sense his age with this one, during lengthy scenes of characters extensively discussing the plot but…

anna nomaly