Rotten
A dead end -- the mark of a superficial stylist unable to take anything seriously, including his own work.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Sisters
They were joined at birth by the devil and the evil never left them!
1973 · 1h 33m · R
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Brian De Palma
Overview
Inquisitive journalist Grace Collier is horrified when she witnesses her neighbor, fashion model Danielle Breton, violently murder a man. Panicking, she calls the police. But when the detective arrives at the scene and finds nothing amiss, Grace is forced to take matters into her own hands. Her first move is to recruit private investigator Joseph Larch, who helps her to uncover a secret about Danielle's past that has them both seeing double.
Director and cast
- Brian De Palma Director
- Margot Kidder as Danielle Breton / Dominique Blanchion
- Jennifer Salt as Grace Collier
- Charles Durning as Joseph Larch
- William Finley as Emil Breton (as Bill Finley)
- Lisle Wilson as Phillip Woode
- Barnard Hughes as Arthur McLennen
- Mary Davenport as Mrs. Collier
- Dolph Sweet as Detective Kelly
- Olympia Dukakis as Louise Wilanski
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
87%
Tomatometer
Rotten
There is much early evidence of [De Palma's] rampant misogyny, his increasingly blatant stealings from Hitchcock, and most unforgivable of all, his clear distaste for the people he creates.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
Just the thing to see on one of those nights when you want to go to the movies for the old-fashioned fun of it.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh
De Palma directs with a nice feeling for the incongruous.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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