High Anxiety

Had high anxiety waiting 45 minutes for Madeline Kahn to finally show up as the Hitchcock blonde and then proceed to completely steal the show.

Quint75

Undoubtedly one of Mel Brooks' weaker efforts, but one that has always piqued my interest. I think a lot of it is because I grew up seeing clips of the film on TCM all the time, so in many ways, this is the most ingrained of all the director's films on my mind. Still,…

Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine

"High Anxiety" represents to me the moment when Mel Brooks started to "lose it" in a sense. Whilst it's a nice tribute to the films and style of Alfred Hitchcock, satirising a handful of his classic films such as "Vertigo," "The Birds," and "Psycho," It doesn't have the…

Ben Hibburd

"What a dramatic airport!" Dr. Richard Thorndyke (Mel Brooks) arrives in Los Angeles to take over the Psycho-Neurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous, after its previous director died under mysterious circumstances. Thorndyke is greeted by a hostile staff, and while…

Daniel

57 "If you're late, no fruit cup."

SilentDawn

I love Mel Brooks the writer, the director, the producer, the composer, the lyricist, the talk show guest, the wacky supporting player. I am not the biggest fan of Mel Brooks the leading man, and I think that’s my main issue with High Anxiety. It’s hard not contemplate…

Matt Singer

madeline kahn… one of the wonders of the world.

spap1

What I appreciate most about this movie is that even though it is a parody of Alfred Hitchcock’s filmography, it’s still it’s own thing with references a plenty to several of his films. Some references are more in your face than others. If you’re going to do a Hitchcock…

Ray Walton

“I got it , I got it… I don’t got it." This movie on paper sounds enjoyable but I found myself blaise about most of these jokes not that there wasn’t some good performances and I did like the line of professor littleoldman but most of this material didn’t feel Hitchcock…

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