Yiiiiikes, this movie was fucked up. Hitchcock was clearly fascinated with Freud, especially with the ideas of repression and the unconscious mind, but doesn’t do great at using those ideas in meaningful ways. (See Spellbound.) Using Marnie’s childhood trauma as a reason for her kleptomania would be silly, on its own, but hanging her recovery and salvation on the shoulders of the man who manipulates her into marriage and then rapes her turns the movie into something too despicable for words. Viewing this within the lens of what we know of Hitchcock and his leading ladies (especially Tippi Hedren) lends an extra layer of ick on top of the whole thing. Hard pass.
Shout by ZyrusBlockedParent2013-01-15T17:48:46Z
Not Hitchcock's best. Slow.