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I didn't trash the film. I see it as an ambitious, unique film that didn't hit all its marks for me. After viewing it I tried to find some musings on the film to help me understand its retrospectively high praise, and Mr. Ebert's comment seemed a bit hyperbolic. I'm just trying to start a...

I finally got around to watching Night of the hunter, and was rather underwhelmed. Mitchum's marvelously creepy performance seemed rather wasted, in the sense that the movie never really generated any suspense for me. For example, the scene in the basement, where Pearl reveals her secret...