Directed By:Alfred Hitchcock
Written By:Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison, James Hilton, Robert Benchley, Ben Hecht, Richard Maibaum
Foreign Correspondent
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Universal Acclaim
89
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7.4
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Metascore
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100% Positive
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100
Yes, “schmaltzy” and “corny” fit in any description of this 1940 film. The soundstages don’t do justice to Holland or London or the North Atlantic. But what plays over 80 years later is the wit, the Ben Hecht (“The Front Page”) and Benchley-written exchanges between the posh Brit and the American trying to work his way into the political inner circles where Europe was about to take a stand against fascism.
100
It's one of Hitchcock's most inventive works, a great favorite of French director Jean Renoir. [24 Sep 1995, p.71]
91
Foreign Correspondent seems a sterling example of how the director could help the war effort by using current events as a launching point for his signature brand of suspense.
88
Where the film separates itself from the director’s other early studio work and, indeed, many films of the period, is in its ambition and scope of its production. The aforementioned set pieces are not only memorable, they’re among the most impressively mounted action sequences to that point.
80
Intermittently first-rate.
80
Story is essentially the old cops-and-robbers. But it has been set in a background of international political intrigue of the largest order.
75
A bit ham-fisted in its call to arms, Foreign Correspondent also fails in trying to force a romance between McCrea and Day. But there are plenty of signature Hitchcock sequences to recommend it.
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Mar 31, 2025
8
Es una película con un ritmo con algunos altibajos, el principal es con respecto al romance. Creo que ya he escrito esto varias veces, y supongo que lo voy a seguir haciendo, pero es que los romances en un 80% están muy mal escritos, y el problema es que son la base para que sucedan las demás cosas de la película. No se trata de mi opinión nada más, pero no creo que alguien piense que solo con ver a alguien se está enamorado y querer casarse. Más allá de eso, lo demás está bastante bien, aunque esta vez algo previsible, con respecto a los giros de guion. El otro punto bajo es el final, creo que el sacrificio del antagonista es bastante anti climático. Aun así, puedo decir que es una buena película
Production Company:
- Walter Wanger Productions
Release Date:Aug 16, 1940
Duration:2 h
Rating:TV-PG
Tagline:MYSTERY IN WHISPERS that cracks like THUNDER! (original print ad - many caps)
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 6 Nominations
Photoplay Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
