Movie #156: Notorious

Movie #: 156
Movie Title: Notorious
Year Released: 1946

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Notable Cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern, Leopoldine Konstantin

Short Description: A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them? (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

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FlickChart.com: #55



Date Watched: 3/7/2016

Grade: 1.5 out of 5 (Marginal)

Rationale: If it weren’t for a sudden second wind with a half an hour to go I don’t know if I would have been able to stay awake to finish Notorious. Not that I was tired; on the contrary, I was fairly alert when I started the movie. Unfortunately boredom set in fast and nearly lulled me to sleep. I’m honestly not sure what was even going on and that’s not for a lack of paying attention. Truly uninteresting and uninspiring up until the last half an hour when the movie became mildly entertaining with a race to get Ingrid Bergman’s poisoned character away from her new Nazi husband because he discovered she was an American spy. I’d say better should expected of greats in the industry like director Alfred Hitchcock and actors Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, but sadly this was probably the best they could have done with a sub-mediocre script. Don’t bother with Notorious.